The productive contributions that the biological and social sciences have made to medicine
are self-evident. Research integrating these perspectives can be described as …

The literature on interdisciplinary research practices has thus far largely focused on
'temporary'interdisciplinary research teams and centres set up to address a specific mission …

Over the past few years the practice of disciplines collaborating in interdisciplinary or
multidisciplinary research has grown in popularity and not just in the health field. In a multi …

This paper explores social scientists' and humanities (SSH) scholars' integration within the
academic medical research environment. Three questions guided our investigation: Do SSH …

Background While the desirability of interdisciplinary inquiry has been widely
acknowledged, indeed has become'the mantra of science policy', the methods of …

While interdisciplinary research (IDR) has attracted much attention, this has not yet resulted
in a coherent body of knowledge of interdisciplinarity. One of the impediments is a lack of …

The concept of interdisciplinarity is an integral part of contemporary academia. Successful
academic careers or innovative study programs: Interdisciplinarity is often claimed …

Could we overcome the challenges of embedding interdisciplinarity in the academic
mainstream if relevant expertise were defined and recognised as a new discipline? Such …

Introduction: Investigating Interdisciplinarities/Scott Frickel, Mathieu Albert, and Barbara
Prainsack--New Directions, New Challenges: Trials and Tribulations of Interdisciplinary …

As other chapters in this book show, bibliometric indicators have been used to measure
many aspects of the dynamics of science. Every time a new question has emerged about the …