Interrelations among scientific fields and their relative influences revealed by an input–output analysis

作者:

Highlights:

• We present an approach to measure the influence and interrelation among disciplines.

• Our approach takes into account both direct and indirect effect.

• Our method is applicable to all systems described by input–output relations.

• The approach is applied to the subfields of Physics.

• The approach is potentially of interest to policy makers and funding agencies.

摘要

Highlights•We present an approach to measure the influence and interrelation among disciplines.•Our approach takes into account both direct and indirect effect.•Our method is applicable to all systems described by input–output relations.•The approach is applied to the subfields of Physics.•The approach is potentially of interest to policy makers and funding agencies.

论文关键词:Informetrics,Economics,Input–output analysis,Physics

论文评审过程:Received 9 June 2015, Revised 3 November 2015, Accepted 3 November 2015, Available online 29 December 2015, Version of Record 29 December 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.11.002