Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network.
Interaction among the scientific disciplines is of vital importance in modern science. Focusing on the case of Slovenia, we study the dynamics of interdisciplinary sciences from 1960 to 2010. Our approach relies on quantifying the interdisciplinarity of research communities detected in the coauthors...
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| author | Borut Lužar Zoran Levnajić Janez Povh Matjaž Perc |
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| description | Interaction among the scientific disciplines is of vital importance in modern science. Focusing on the case of Slovenia, we study the dynamics of interdisciplinary sciences from 1960 to 2010. Our approach relies on quantifying the interdisciplinarity of research communities detected in the coauthorship network of Slovenian scientists over time. Examining the evolution of the community structure, we find that the frequency of interdisciplinary research is only proportional with the overall growth of the network. Although marginal improvements in favor of interdisciplinarity are inferable during the 70s and 80s, the overall trends during the past 20 years are constant and indicative of stalemate. We conclude that the flow of knowledge between different fields of research in Slovenia is in need of further stimulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94ce2667a11849efbe61fe7a21e235c32022-12-21T19:47:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0194e9442910.1371/journal.pone.0094429Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network.Borut LužarZoran LevnajićJanez PovhMatjaž PercInteraction among the scientific disciplines is of vital importance in modern science. Focusing on the case of Slovenia, we study the dynamics of interdisciplinary sciences from 1960 to 2010. Our approach relies on quantifying the interdisciplinarity of research communities detected in the coauthorship network of Slovenian scientists over time. Examining the evolution of the community structure, we find that the frequency of interdisciplinary research is only proportional with the overall growth of the network. Although marginal improvements in favor of interdisciplinarity are inferable during the 70s and 80s, the overall trends during the past 20 years are constant and indicative of stalemate. We conclude that the flow of knowledge between different fields of research in Slovenia is in need of further stimulation.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984150?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Borut Lužar Zoran Levnajić Janez Povh Matjaž Perc Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. PLoS ONE |
| title | Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. |
| title_full | Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. |
| title_fullStr | Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. |
| title_short | Community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's scientific collaboration network. |
| title_sort | community structure and the evolution of interdisciplinarity in slovenia s scientific collaboration network |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3984150?pdf=render |
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