The more multidisciplinary the better? – The prevalence and interdisciplinarity of research collaborations in multidisciplinary institutions

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Highlights:

• Analyze 90,000 papers by 2500 faculty members in institutions from three areas.

• A more multidisciplinary institution does not have more research collaborations.

• Collaborations in more multidisciplinary institutions are more interdisciplinary.

摘要

•Analyze 90,000 papers by 2500 faculty members in institutions from three areas.•A more multidisciplinary institution does not have more research collaborations.•Collaborations in more multidisciplinary institutions are more interdisciplinary.

论文关键词:Multidisciplinarity,Interdisciplinarity,Collaboration,Network analysis,Text mining

论文评审过程:Received 15 February 2018, Revised 15 June 2018, Accepted 16 June 2018, Available online 6 July 2018, Version of Record 6 July 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.06.006