A measure of knowledge flow between specific fields: Implications of interdisciplinarity for impact and funding.

Encouraging knowledge flow between mutually relevant disciplines is a worthy aim of research policy makers. Yet, it is less clear what types of research promote cross-disciplinary knowledge flow and whether such research generates particularly influential knowledge. Empirical questions remain as to...

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Main Authors: Seokbeom Kwon, Gregg E A Solomon, Jan Youtie, Alan L Porter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5633153?pdf=render