Exploring the interdisciplinarity patterns of highly cited papers

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Highlights：

• Whether control variables are considered or not, highly cited papers always exhibit higher variety and disparity, but exhibit lower balance.

• In terms of the integration interdisciplinarity indicators, the RS and LCDiv both have a positive effect on citation impact.

• Our results suggest that the effect of variety on citation impact is most significant, followed by disparity and balance.

摘要

•Whether control variables are considered or not, highly cited papers always exhibit higher variety and disparity, but exhibit lower balance.•In terms of the integration interdisciplinarity indicators, the RS and LCDiv both have a positive effect on citation impact.•Our results suggest that the effect of variety on citation impact is most significant, followed by disparity and balance.

论文关键词：Interdisciplinarity,Highly cited papers,Scientific impact,Percentiles

论文评审过程：Received 10 July 2018, Revised 4 December 2020, Accepted 8 December 2020, Available online 31 December 2020, Version of Record 31 December 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101124