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The Use of IDR Metrics to Chart Research Trajectories at the Micro Level

2011-09-17 , Campbell, Audrey , Carley, Stephen , Porter, Alan L.

This work focuses on two laboratories to understand the extent to which interdisciplinary research (IDR) metrics reflect research behaviors. The results indicate a statistically significant relationship between the level of interdisciplinarity and the years of active research for both the laboratories. Both laboratories evidence a tendency to become more integrative over time.

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Validating Measures of Interdisciplinarity: Linking Bibliometric Measures to Ethnographic Studies of Engineering Research Labs

2011-09-15 , Carley, Stephen , Nersessian, Nancy J. , Porter, Alan L. , Roessner, David

This paper reflects the results to date of an ongoing project that is examining how the results of specific examples of interdisciplinary research are reflected in scholarly publications over time. We seek to compare knowledge based on ethnographic studies of a well-established researcher and his colleagues against bibliometric indicators of cognitive integration in specific papers produced by this researcher over time.

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Measuring the Interdisciplinarity of Nano-Biosensor Research based on Citation Analysis

2011-09-16 , Carley, Stephen , Gao, Lidan , Ma, Tingting , Porter, Alan L. , Wang, Wenping , Zhang, Xian

This research introduces a methodology that combines analysis of cited literature and cited patents to explore differences and similarities between nano-biosensor (NBS) science and technology.

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Diffusion Score: Introducing a Counterpart to the Integration Score

2011-09-16 , Carley, Stephen , Porter, Alan L.

The diffusion score is a new interdisciplinary metric used to assess the degree to which research is cited across disciplines. It is the analogue to the Integration score that measures diversity among a given publication s references. Together these metrics enable tracking the movement of research knowledge across disciplines and citation generations.