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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 [Image: see text] to [Image: see text]. Our approach relies on quantifying the interdisciplinarity of research communities...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24728345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094429 |
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author | Lužar, Borut Levnajić, Zoran Povh, Janez Perc, Matjaž |
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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 [Image: see text] to [Image: see text]. 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 | pubmed-39841502014-04-15 Community Structure and the Evolution of Interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's Scientific Collaboration Network Lužar, Borut Levnajić, Zoran Povh, Janez Perc, Matjaž PLoS One Research Article 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 [Image: see text] to [Image: see text]. 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. Public Library of Science 2014-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3984150/ /pubmed/24728345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094429 Text en © 2014 Luzar et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lužar, Borut Levnajić, Zoran Povh, Janez Perc, Matjaž Community Structure and the Evolution of Interdisciplinarity in Slovenia's Scientific Collaboration Network |
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 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24728345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094429 |
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