Interdisciplinary research by the numbers

Diachronic change in lexical complexity of research articles (1970–2020): economics vs. medicine

Pan, F., & Yang, Y. (2025) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-025-05258-6 · Cited by 6

Debate: Should public management research be more interdisciplinary?

Willems, J. (2015) · Public Money & Management · doi:10.1080/09540962.2016.1118924 · Cited by 5

Promoting scientodiversity inspired by biodiversity

Shimada, Y.-A., & Suzuki, J. (2017) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2545-1 · Cited by 5

50 Years of ITAL/JLA

Lund, B. D. (2019) · Information Technology and Libraries · doi:10.6017/ital.v38i2.10875 · Cited by 5

Towards Sustainable Food Security: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Zohrabi, N., Linkous, L., Eini, R., Adhikari, S., Keegan, B., Jones, J. C., Gooden, B., Verrelli, B. C., & Abdelwahed, S. (2021) · IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced & Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing & Communications, Cloud & Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation (SmartWorld/SCALCOM/UIC/ATC/CBDCom/IOP/SCI) · doi:10.1109/swc50871.2021.00069 · Cited by 6

Ten ignored questions for stress psychology research.

Gan, Y.-Q., Ma, J.-J., Peng, H., Zhu, H., Ju, Q., & Chen, Y.-D. (2022) · PsyCh Journal · doi:10.1002/pchj.520 · Cited by 6

Musing about Interdisciplinary Research: Is Interdisciplinary Research Amusing or Bemusing?

Mackey, J. D., & McAllister, C. P. (2022) · Group & Organization Management · doi:10.1177/10596011221093942 · Cited by 5

Role taxonomy of green and sustainable science and technology journals: exportation, importation, specialization and interdisciplinarity

Bautista‐Puig, N., Mañana-Rodríguez, J., & Serrano-López, A. E. (2021) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-021-03939-6 · Cited by 5

The advantages of interdisciplinarity in modern sciencePreprint

Bonaventura, M., Latora, V., Nicosia, V., & Panzarasa, P. (2017) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1712.07910 · Cited by 14

AI as an accelerator for defining new problems that transcends boundaries

Obafemi-Ajayi, T., Jennings, S., Zhang, Y., Liu, K. L., Peckham, J., & Moore, J. H. (2025) · BioData Mining · doi:10.1186/s13040-025-00429-w · Cited by 7

Crafting Interdisciplinary Research: Four Cornerstone Practices for Management Scholars

Post, C. A., Wickert, C. M. J., Gatrell, C. J., et al. (2026) · Journal of Management Studies · doi:10.1111/joms.70110 · Cited by 4

Interdisciplinarity through modelling

Boon, M. (2024) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781003205647-34 · Cited by 4

Datenwissenschaften und Gesellschaft

Saner, P. (2022) · transcript Verlag eBooks · doi:10.1515/9783839462591 · Cited by 4

Creating an interdisciplinary collaborative network of scholars in child maltreatment prevention: A network analysis of the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being

Schlecht, C., McGuier, E. A., Huang, L. A., & Daro, D. A. (2023) · Children and Youth Services Review · doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107113 · Cited by 4

Examining who is conducting and leading National Institute of Health-funded research in U.S. schools of nursing

Schnall, R. (2024) · Nursing Outlook · doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102146 · Cited by 4

Predicting cross-domain collaboration using multi-task learning

Hu, Z., Zhou, J., Wei, W., Zhang, C., & Shi, Y. (2024) · Expert Systems with Applications · doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124570 · Cited by 5

The CERIC method plus social collaborative annotation improves critical reading of the primary literature in an interdisciplinary graduate course

Bjorn, G. (2024) · Frontiers in Education · doi:10.3389/feduc.2024.1257747 · Cited by 5

Inter- and intra-domain knowledge flows: Examining their relationship with impact at the field level over time

Abramo, G., & D’Angelo, C. A. (2024) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2024.101614 · Cited by 5

The potential of interdisciplinary in MOOC research

Lund, K., Chen, B., & Grauwin, S. (2018) · ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S) · doi:10.1145/3231644.3231661 · Cited by 4

Introduction: International talent management research – a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach

Liu, Y. (2019) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781786437105.00011 · Cited by 4

Clear, transparent, and timely communication for fair authorship decisions: a practical guide

Gani, S., Kohl, L., Baalbaki, R., Bianchi, F., Ruuskanen, T. M., Siira, O.-P., Paasonen, P., & Vehkamäki, H. (2021) · Geoscience Communication · doi:10.5194/gc-4-507-2021 · Cited by 5

Datenwissenschaften und Gesellschaft

Saner, P. (2022) · Digitale Soziologie · doi:10.14361/9783839462591 · Cited by 4

Evolution analysis of cross-domain collaborative research topic: a case study of cognitive-based product conceptual design

Zhang, Y., Guo, W., Ma, J., et al. (2023) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-023-04865-5 · Cited by 4

Des Schusters Schuhe

Lux, A., & Robra-Bissantz, S. (2020) · HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik · doi:10.1365/s40702-020-00629-4 · Cited by 4

The Role of Nurses in Parkinson's Disease

Tosin, M. H. D. S., & de Oliveira, B. G. R. B. (2016) · InTech eBooks · doi:10.5772/63162 · Cited by 4

Towards a strategy for Critical Zone science in Canada

Martin, Y. E., & Johnson, E. A. (2017) · Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes · doi:10.1111/cag.12358 · Cited by 4

Explanatory Particularism in Scientific Practice

Fagan, M. B. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191998874.001.0001 · Cited by 3

Tracing the evolution of finance research: A topic modeling analysis of AJG-ranked journals

Su, Y., Lucey, B. M., Jha, A. K., & Zheng, Y. (2025) · International Review of Financial Analysis · doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104559 · Cited by 4

Has higher education become more interdisciplinary? a longitudinal analysis of syllabi using natural language processing

Hong, Y., Kim, B., Jeon, J., & Kim, L. (2025) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-025-06126-7 · Cited by 3

Is Interdisciplinary Research More Conducive to Knowledge Innovation? Evidence From Swiss National Science Foundation Projects

Wu, Q., Wu, Z., Zhang, W., & Wang, W. (2026) · European Journal of Education · doi:10.1111/ejed.70530 · Cited by 3

Five Key Strategies for Organizing Interdisciplinary Scientific Events to Strengthen Careers, Collaborations, and Creativity

Schulz, A., Schwaner, M. J., & Manafzadeh, A. R. (2024) · Integrative and Comparative Biology · doi:10.1093/icb/icae050 · Cited by 3

Impact of classification granularity on interdisciplinary performance assessment of research institutes and organizations

Zhang, J., Gruber, S., & Frietsch, R. (2025) · Journal of Data and Information Science · doi:10.2478/jdis-2025-0028 · Cited by 4

Interdisciplinary conservation; meeting the challenge for a better outcome: experiences from sturgeon conservation

Rosten, C. M. (2017) · Marine and Freshwater Research · doi:10.1071/mf16085 · Cited by 3

Towards a Knowledge Specialisation Index for Sub-Saharan Africa: an Informetrics Study

Onyancha, O. B. (2018) · Journal of the Knowledge Economy · doi:10.1007/s13132-018-0548-7 · Cited by 3

A Model of the Institutionalization of Corruption During the Rebuilding Process

Nuristani, S., & Vanhove, A. J. (2018) · Public Integrity · doi:10.1080/10999922.2018.1544018 · Cited by 3

Are economists self-perceptions as epistemically superior self-defeating?

Wright, J. (2021) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781788974462.00011 · Cited by 3

A study of interdisciplinary accounting research: analysing the diversity of cited references

Xu, L.-N., Dellaportas, S., & Wang, J. (2021) · Accounting and Finance · doi:10.1111/acfi.12856 · Cited by 4

Statistics in everyone’s backyard: An impact study via citation network analysis

Wang, L., Tong, X., & Wang, Y. X. R. (2022) · Patterns · doi:10.1016/j.patter.2022.100532 · Cited by 6

Machine Learning Approach to Facilitate Knowledge Synthesis at the Intersection of Liver Cancer, Epidemiology, and Health Disparities Research

Hyams, T. C., Luo, L., Hair, B. Y., Lee, K., Lu, Z., & Seminara, D. (2022) · JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics · doi:10.1200/cci.21.00129 · Cited by 3

Should young researchers engage with interdisciplinary research?

Ingersen, A., Soendenbroe, C., Ahmed, H. I., et al. (2023) · Acta Physiologica · doi:10.1111/apha.14053 · Cited by 3

Does interdisciplinarity attract more social media attention?

Chen, S., Ren, X., & Qiu, J. (2023) · Journal of Information Science · doi:10.1177/01655515231202762 · Cited by 4

The Drill model: A renewed perspective adapted to the volatile, uncertain, complex and agile (VUCA) world to improve situation analysis and support decision-making

Dugoin-Clément, C. (2024) · International Journal of Information Management · doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2024.102786 · Cited by 8

Do papers of high interdisciplinarity have an advantage in terms of citations? A case study of the top five Economic journals

Li, J., Ao, W., Lu, X., et al. (2024) · Journal of Information Science · doi:10.1177/01655515241263263 · Cited by 3

Evolving interdisciplinary contributions to global societal challenges: A 50-year overview

Okamura, K. (2025) · World Development Perspectives · doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100728 · Cited by 7

Together we stand: The imperative for interprofessional education in professional psychology training.

Holmqvist, M., Button, P., & Heath, O. J. (2019) · Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne · doi:10.1037/cap0000180 · Cited by 3

The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science: Uncovering and Explaining Roles in Citation Graphs

Cunningham, E., & Greene, D. (2023) · Studies in computational intelligence · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-21127-0_30 · Cited by 3

Interdisciplinarity: Topping the charts

Bursztyn, M., & Purushothaman, S. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/526323c · Cited by 3

De sotocultivos para el sistema MIAF al diálogo de saberes en una comunidad mazahua: una travesía transdisciplinaria

Hernández, A. T., Maya, E. M. A., & Rodríguez‐Robles, U. (2021) · Nova Scientia · doi:10.21640/ns.v13i27.2831 · Cited by 3

Does Diversity of Papers Affect Their Citations? Evidence from American Physical Society Journals

Enduri, M. K., Reddy, I. V., & Jolad, S. (2015) · International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS) · doi:10.1109/sitis.2015.60 · Cited by 3

Universal Components of Real-world Diffusion Dynamics based on Point ProcessesPreprint

Kim, M., Jurdak, R., & Paini, D. R. (2017) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1706.06282 · Cited by 3

Interdisciplinary Relationships Between Biological and Physical SciencesPreprint

Burke, P. E. P., & Costa, L. D. F. (2019) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1905.03298 · Cited by 3

The evolution of knowledge within and across fields in modern physicsPreprint

Sun, Y., & Latora, V. (2020) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2001.07199 · Cited by 3

Interdisciplinary researchers attain better performance in fundingPreprint

Sun, Y., Livan, G., Ma, A., et al. (2021) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2104.13091 · Cited by 3

Where should hydrology go? An early-career perspective on the next IAHS Scientific Decade: 2023-2032Preprint

van Hateren, T. C., Jongen, H., Al-Zawaidah, H., Beemster, J., Boekee, J., Bogerd, L., Gao, S., Kannen, C., van Meerveld, I., de Lange, S. I., et al. (2022) · doi:10.31223/x5dw7r · Cited by 3

Volitional Cybersecurity

Shojaifar, A. (2023) · Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) · doi:10.33540/1953 · Cited by 3

More on the relationship between interdisciplinary accounting research and citation impact

Xu, L., Dellaportas, S., Yang, Z., & Wang, J. (2023) · Accounting and Finance · doi:10.1111/acfi.13134 · Cited by 2

The science of scientific prizes

Jiang, F., & Ma, Y. (2025) · Journal of Data and Information Science · doi:10.2478/jdis-2025-0056 · Cited by 2

From communities to policy: Transdisciplinary lessons from the Global South

Sandroni, L., Bursztyn, M., Távora, R. S., & Rocha, J. D. (2026) · Environmental Science & Policy · doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104405 · Cited by 2

Inaugural meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology report: the importance of diversity in a multidisciplinary field

Edgar, A., & Chinga, J. (2015) · EvoDevo · doi:10.1186/s13227-015-0035-1 · Cited by 2

Digitale Zukunft: ein inter‐ und transdisziplinäres Thema

Simon, D., & Steffen, E. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-52979-9_7 · Cited by 2

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Errors in Extracted Electronic Health Record Data for Research.

Soares, N. S., Singhal, S., Kloosterman, C., & Bailey, T. (2021) · PubMed Central · Cited by 2

Cross‐affiliation collaboration and power laws for research output of institutions: Evidence and theory from top three finance journals

Dong, H., Luo, D., Zeng, X., et al. (2023) · International Studies of Economics · doi:10.1002/ise3.52 · Cited by 2

Interdisciplinary Research Projects: Six Lessons from a Family Business-Industry 4.0 Project

Mismetti, M., Appleton, S. W., Rondi, E., et al. (2023) · Lecture notes in networks and systems · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-38274-1_23 · Cited by 2

A new evolutional model for institutional field knowledge flow network

Guo, J., Wang, K., Liao, X., & Liu, X. (2024) · Journal of Data and Information Science · doi:10.2478/jdis-2024-0009 · Cited by 2

Knowledge graphs analysis for research on minerals in coal

Li, P., Xu, N., Wang, Q., Wang, Y., Li, F., Zhu, W., & Li, Q. (2025) · Earth Science Informatics · doi:10.1007/s12145-025-01874-1 · Cited by 2

Serendipity Engineering with Photonics: Harnessing the Unexpected in Biology and Medicine(Invited paper)

Lee, K. C. M., Peterson, W., Lisi, F., Ding, T., Nojima, K., Kanno, H., Zhou, Y., Matsumura, H., Kitahama, Y., Li, M., et al. (2025) · Electromagnetic waves · doi:10.2528/pier25100702 · Cited by 2

Understanding Time-Evolving Citation Dynamics across Fields of Sciences

Kim, M. (2020) · Applied Sciences · doi:10.3390/app10175846 · Cited by 2

Current Crises and Potential Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges Facing Global Health or Global Public Health by a Different Name

Burkle, F. M. (2019) · Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · doi:10.1017/s1049023x19004953 · Cited by 2

Intersubject connections of physics and mathematics at teaching the physical fundamentals of mechanics to students of technical university

Ishchenko, R., & Gorbunovich, I. V. (2020) · Physical and Mathematical Education · doi:10.31110/2413-1571-2020-023-1-2-006 · Cited by 2

La interdisciplinariedad en la construcción de Eru, un videojuego educativo

Esparza-Cervantes, N. S., Guerrero-Triana, M. C., la Cruz, A. M. J.-D., et al. (2020) · Arte individuo y sociedad · doi:10.5209/aris.67028 · Cited by 2

Forging Forward Together: Transforming Scientific Practice to Accelerate Scientific Progress

Hall, K. L. (2020) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/abm/kaaa092 · Cited by 2

Multi-level Co-authorship Network Analysis on Interdisciplinarity: A Case Study on the Complexity Science Community

Na, R. W., & Suh, B. (2021) · Springer proceedings in complexity · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67318-5_26 · Cited by 2

Interdisciplinary approaches to metastasis

Smye, S. W., & Gatenby, R. A. (2022) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.105015 · Cited by 2

The dark side of moral outrage: Understanding the risks to long-term, meaningful community development work in higher learning

Cafer, A., & Rosenthal, M. (2022) · Community Development · doi:10.1080/15575330.2022.2126510 · Cited by 2

Informatics in the Future

van Harmelen, F., & Werthner, H. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55735-9 · Cited by 6

Classifying the Disciplinarity of Engineering Academic Literature

Lattanzio, S., Mogles, N. M., Carey, E., Kharlamov, A., Parry, G., Hicks, B. J., & Newnes, L. (2020) · Advances in transdisciplinary engineering · doi:10.3233/atde200057 · Cited by 2

Know your audience: how language complexity affects impact in entrepreneurship science

Lampe, H. W., & Reerink, J. (2021) · Journal of Business Economics · doi:10.1007/s11573-020-01027-4 · Cited by 2

Mixing Patterns in Interdisciplinary Collaboration Networks: Assessing Interdisciplinarity Through Multiple LensesPreprint

Feng, S., & Kirkley, A. (2020) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2002.00531 · Cited by 1

Influence of Interdisciplinarity on Scientific Impact: Case of Climate Change FieldPreprint

Song, Y., Fang, Z., & Fu, H. (2022) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4137347 · Cited by 2

Digital archiving for interdisciplinary knowledge transfer in intangible heritage

Hedren, S. W. Y. (2016) · doi:10.1109/vsmm.2016.7863189 · Cited by 1

Research on arthropod vectors of plant pathogens in a post-Subsection Cc world: current status and future prospects

Mauck, K. E., & Eigenbrode, S. D. (2024) · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · doi:10.1093/aesa/saae003 · Cited by 1

Big Science, Innovation, and Societal Contributions

Liyanage, S., Nordberg, M., & Streit-Bianchi, M. (2024) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198881193.001.0001 · Cited by 1

Big Science and Social Responsibility of the Digital World

Wink, R., Meglio, A. D., Streit-Bianchi, M., & Liyanage, S. I. H. (2024) · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198881193.003.0012 · Cited by 1

Working Across Boundaries in Urban Morphology

Larkham, P. J. (2024) · ˜The œurban book series · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58136-6_10 · Cited by 1

Navigating interdisciplinary research: Historical progression and contemporary challenges

Li, X., Cai, F., Bao, J., Jian, Y., Sun, Z., & Xie, X. (2024) · Journal of Data and Information Science · doi:10.2478/jdis-2024-0025 · Cited by 1

Reaching across the divide: materials scientists interfacing with biologists

Acharya, R., & Owens, R. M. (2024) · Materials Horizons · doi:10.1039/d4mh00883a · Cited by 1

Unleash the power of values: how to conduct better science and cultivate thriving research groups

Schoenle, L. A., O’Brien, C., Brousseau, J. J., & Wendler, A. (2024) · Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences · doi:10.1007/s13412-024-00985-3 · Cited by 1

Sostenibilidad en la educación superior. Experiencias en el marco de la docencia y la investigación universitaria

Grau Grau, A. J., Rodrigo González, A., Badal Valero, E., Martínez Martínez, B., & Núñez Almonte, J. M. (2024) · Universitat de València eBooks · doi:10.7203/puv-oa-730-0 · Cited by 1

A three-dimensional framework for quantifying knowledge intersection intensity: from a micro perspective

Ma, J., & Yang, K. (2025) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-024-05222-w · Cited by 1

Mapping science and revealing disciplinary communication modalities via pre-trained graph neural networks

Zhang, Y., He, G., & Jiang, Z. (2025) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2025.101741 · Cited by 1

Implementing disciplined collaboration in the life sciences

Naseem, M. (2026) · FEBS Letters · doi:10.1002/1873-3468.70278 · Cited by 1

Team careers in science: formation, composition and success of persistent collaborations

Chowdhary, S., Musciotto, F., Gallo, L., & Battiston, F. (2026) · npj Complexity · doi:10.1038/s44260-026-00081-3 · Cited by 8

Publishing interdisciplinary research – a perspective from the Croatian Medical Journal

Gajović, S. (2015) · Croatian Medical Journal · doi:10.3325/cmj.2015.56.399 · Cited by 1

Inter and transdisciplinary research – The way forward in improving outcomes for critically ill patients and their families

Marshall, A. P. (2016) · Australian Critical Care · doi:10.1016/s1036-7314(16)30164-3 · Cited by 1

On Informatics, Diamonds and T

Kruusmaa, M. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55735-9_3 · Cited by 1

Interdisciplinarity: who reaps the benefits?

Grebel, T., Cantner, U., & Schumm, J. (2018) · Eurasian economic review : · doi:10.1007/s40821-018-0102-3 · Cited by 1

Mapping the Impact of Collaborative Research with David Plane

Mitchneck, B. A. (2019) · New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives · doi:10.1007/978-981-13-9231-3_14 · Cited by 1

BEAMS: a workforce development program to bridge the gap between biologists and material scientists

Lee, M. S., Lux, M. W., & DeCoste, J. B. (2020) · Synthetic Biology · doi:10.1093/synbio/ysaa009 · Cited by 1

МІЖПРЕДМЕТНІ ЗВ’ЯЗКИ ФІЗИКИ З ДИСЦИПЛІНАМИ ЦИКЛУ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ФАХІВЦІВ З ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ

Al-Ammouri, A., & Ishchenko, R. (2021) · Physical and Mathematical Education · doi:10.31110/2413-1571-2021-028-2-004 · Cited by 1

THE IMPACT AND DYNAMICS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE

Manchul, B. (2021) · Perspectives Socio-political journal · doi:10.24195/spj1561-1264.2021.2.3 · Cited by 1

Susquehanna Chorale Spring Concert "Roots and Wings"

Hawkins, D. (2017)

Guía de aves de la zona urbana del cantón La Maná, provincia de Cotopaxi.

Tiglla, Q., & Magali, E. (2020) · Digital Repository Technical University of Cotopaxi (Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi)

The Value of Using Big Data Technologies in Computational Social SciencePreprint

Ch’ng, E. (2014) · arXiv (Cornell University) · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1408.3170

Sketch of Big Data Real-Time Analytics Model

Amen, B. M., & Lu, J. (2015) · University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield) · Cited by 7

A Study on Big Data Analytics Tools

Devi, R., & Sharmila, K. (2023) · International Journal of Advanced Research in Science Communication and Technology · doi:10.48175/ijarsct-8533 · Cited by 2