Journal article
A bird's-eye view of scientific trading: Dependency relations among fields of science
Journal of informetrics, v 7(2), pp 249-264
Apr 2013
Abstract
► We use a trading metaphor to study knowledge transfer in both the sciences and social sciences. ► The Scientific Trading Impact and Dynamics of materials science and transportation science have increased. ► Biomedical disciplines, physics, and mathematics are significant knowledge exporters. ► In the social sciences, economics, business, psychology, management, and sociology are important knowledge exporters. ► Discipline Self-dependence is associated with specialized domains which have ties to professional practice.
We use a trading metaphor to study knowledge transfer in the sciences as well as the social sciences. The metaphor comprises four dimensions: (a) Discipline Self-dependence, (b) Knowledge Exports/Imports, (c) Scientific Trading Dynamics, and (d) Scientific Trading Impact. This framework is applied to a dataset of 221 Web of Science subject categories. We find that: (i) the Scientific Trading Impact and Dynamics of materials science and transportation science have increased; (ii) biomedical disciplines, physics, and mathematics are significant knowledge exporters, as is statistics and probability; (iii) in the social sciences, economics, business, psychology, management, and sociology are important knowledge exporters; and (iv) Discipline Self-dependence is associated with specialized domains which have ties to professional practice (e.g., law, ophthalmology, dentistry, oral surgery and medicine, psychology, psychoanalysis, veterinary sciences, and nursing).
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- Title
- A bird's-eye view of scientific trading: Dependency relations among fields of science
- Creators
- Erjia Yan - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAYing Ding - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USABlaise Cronin - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USALoet Leydesdorff - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Publication Details
- Journal of informetrics, v 7(2), pp 249-264
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000318377100001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84872185926
- Other Identifier
- 991014976883004721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
- Information Science & Library Science