Community Structure and the Evolution of Interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's Scientific Collaboration Network

被引：48

作者：

Luzar, Borut ^{[1
]}

Levnajic, Zoran ^{[1
]}

Povh, Janez ^{[1
]}

Perc, Matjaz ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Fac Informat Studies Novo Mesto, Novo Mesto, Slovenia

[2] Univ Maribor, Fac Nat Sci & Math, SLO-2000 Maribor, Slovenia

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2014年 / 9卷 / 04期

关键词：

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0094429

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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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