The measurement of “interdisciplinarity” and “synergy” in scientific and extra‐scientific collaborations

Problem solving often requires crossing boundaries, such as those between disciplines. When policy‐makers call for “interdisciplinarity,” however, they often mean “synergy.” Synergy is generated when the whole offers more possibilities than the sum of its parts. An increase in the number of options...

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Published in:Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2021-04, Vol.72 (4), p.387-402
Main Authors: Leydesdorff, Loet, Ivanova, Inga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Information dissemination
Information theory
Innovations
Measurement
Operational definitions
Problem solving
Redundancy
Subsets
Synergy
Uncertainty
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