The relationship between interdisciplinarity and citation impact—a novel perspective on citation accumulation

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ID22234341
AutoresXiaojing Cai (0000-0001-7346-6029, Yangzhou University), Xiaozan Lyu (0000-0001-5632-0941, Hangzhou City University), Zhou Ping (0000-0001-5471-5261, Zhejiang University, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume10
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2023-12-13
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHumanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/s41599-023-02475-3
OpenAlexW4389674511
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas35

Interdisciplinary research is of significance for creating breakthroughs and facilitating innovations and may achieve higher citation impact, although contrary results still exist. The current study looks into the relationship between interdisciplinarity and citation impact from a brand-new perspective—the process of citation accumulation—by exploring how interdisciplinarity, as measured by Rao-Stirling and DIV, affects the accumulating process of citations, based on scientific papers published by Chinese or US authors in 2009–2011 in Chemistry. Two metrics are used to measure how long it takes for a paper to reach its citation peak (PEAK_YEAR) and how sustainable the citation impact remains after the peak (SUS). The results show that compared with Rao-Stirling, DIV is more sensitive to the length of the citation window and more closely aligned with the nature of interdisciplinarity. In Chemistry, higher interdisciplinarity is more likely to encounter delayed recognition and greater citation sustainability, which may explain the inconsistency in the relationship between interdisciplinarity and citation impact. In conclusion, it is necessary to consider the length of the citation window when explaining the relationship between interdisciplinarity and citation impact. A longer citation window may be a better solution, as an alternative or supplement, in assessing the academic performance of interdisciplinary research

Citation · Citation analysis · Citation impact · Data science · Epistemology · Library science · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Philosophy · Research Data Management Practices · scientometrics and bibliometrics research · Artificial Intelligence

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