Interdisciplinary knowledge combinations and emerging technological topics: Implications for reducing uncertainties in research evaluation

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作者：
Kwon, Seokbeom [1 ,2 ]
Youtie, Jan [3 ,4 ]
Porter, Alan L. [3 ,5 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tokyo, Res Ctr Adv Sci & Technol, Meguro Ku, 4-6-1 Komaba, Tokyo 1538904, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Technol Management Innovat, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138654, Japan
[3] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Publ Policy, 685 Cherry St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[4] Georgia Inst Technol, Enterprise Innovat Inst, 75 5th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA
[5] Search Technol Inc, 6025 Corners Pkwy NW 202, Norcross, GA 30092 USA
来源：
RESEARCH EVALUATION | 2021年 / 30卷 / 01期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会; 日本学术振兴会;
关键词：
technological emergence; knowledge combination; interdisciplinary research; RESEARCH COLLABORATION; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; ANALYZING DIVERSITY; SEARCH STRATEGY; SCIENCE; NOVELTY; TEAMS; CREATIVITY; EMERGENCE; CHALLENGES;
D O I：
10.1093/reseval/rvaa029
中图分类号：
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号：
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要：
This article puts forth a new indicator of emerging technological topics as a tool for addressing challenges inherent in the evaluation of interdisciplinary research. We present this indicator and test its relationship with interdisciplinary and atypical research combinations. We perform this test by using metadata of scientific publications in three domains with different interdisciplinarity challenges: Nano-Enabled Drug Delivery, Synthetic Biology, and Autonomous Vehicles. Our analysis supports the connection between technological emergence and interdisciplinarity and atypicality in knowledge combinations. We further find that the contributions of interdisciplinary and atypical knowledge combinations to addressing emerging technological topics increase or stay constant over time. Implications for policymakers and contributions to the literature on interdisciplinarity and evaluation are provided.
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页码：127 / 140
页数：14
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