Climate change and interdisciplinarity: a co-citation analysis of IPCC Third Assessment Report

被引:42
作者
Bjurstrom, Andreas [1 ]
Polk, Merritt [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Gothenburg, Sch Global Studies, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
关键词
Climate research; IPCC; Interdisciplinary; Multidisciplinary; Bibliometrics; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE; DISCIPLINES; NETWORKS;
D O I
10.1007/s11192-011-0356-3
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
This study addresses whether interdisciplinarity is a prominent feature of climate research by means of a co-citation analysis of the IPCC Third Assessment Report. The debate on interdisciplinarity and bibliometric measures is reviewed to operationalize the contested notion of interdisciplinarity. The results, based on 6417 references of the 96 most frequently used journals, demonstrate that the IPCC assessment of climate change is best characterized by its multidisciplinarity where the physical, biological, bodily and societal dimensions are clearly separated. Although a few fields and journals integrate a wide variety of disciplines, integration occurs mainly between related disciplines (narrow interdisciplinarity) which indicate an overall disciplinary basis of climate research. It is concluded that interdisciplinarity is not a prominent feature of climate research. The significance of this finding is explored, given that the problem scope of climate change necessitates interdisciplinarity. Ways to promote interdisciplinarity are suggested by way of conclusion.
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页码:525 / 550
页数:26
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