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Tim Streeb, Christoph Schreyvogel, Christian Jehle, Stefan A. Rensing
Inter- and transdisciplinary research is carried out with increasing frequency and intensity. Bibliometric analysis of disciplinary research is aided by i) classical topical categories that are used by databases cataloguing publications, and ii) via journals that either represent a topic, or attach appropriate…
Sarah Neitzel, Yuhao Zhao, Carrie Diaz Eaton
In this article, we discuss the use of bipartite network analysis to understand and improve interdisciplinary teaching practice. We theorize mathematics and biology as part of a coevolving mutualistic ecosystem. As part of an interdisciplinary teaching initiative, we inventoried mathematics topics appearing in the…
Peter van den Besselaar
The concept of interdisciplinarity lacks theoretical understanding, and consequently, the number of indicators for interdisciplinarity is booming: out of field citations, betweenness centrality, or the set coherence, diversity, mediation, to mention a few. However, these indicators focus on characteristics of papers…
Marloes D. A. Bet, Aniek R. Antvelink, Stéphanie M. E. van der Burgt, Saskia M. Peerdeman + 2 more
Translation is an indispensable prerequisite for effective functioning in interdisciplinary research teams. However, the translational approach remains largely a black box, with very limited available knowledge on how such an approach can be fostered in practice. By uncovering the foundations of translation in…
Huaxia Zhou, Luís A. Nunes Amaral
There is a widely-held perception that science is becoming increasingly international — both in terms of collaborations involving authors from multiple countries and in terms of publications from authors from a broader group of countries — and more interdisciplinary, i.e., drawing on knowledge and methods from multiple…
Lesa Tran Lu, Laura Palucki Blake, Josh R. Eyler, Rafael Verduzco + 3 more
Teamwork is recognized as critical to solving complex societal challenges related to energy, health, and sustainability. With graduate education, students often gain teamwork experience through a problem-focused approach where they are brought into existing collaborations to pursue research that is focused on studying…
Colin J. Carlson, Wayne M. Getz, Kyrre L. Kausrud, Carrie A. Cizauskas + 10 more
Environmentally transmitted diseases are comparatively poorly understood and managed, and their ecology is particularly understudied. Here we identify challenges of studying environmental transmission and persistence with a six-sided interdisciplinary review of the biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). Anthrax is a…
Lauren A. Maggio, Joseph A. Costello, Anton B. Ninkov, Jason R. Frank + 1 more
Interdisciplinary research has been deemed to be critical in solving society’s wicked problems, including those relevant to medical education. Medical education research has been assumed to be interdisciplinary. However, researchers have questioned this assumption. The present study, a conceptual replication, provides…
Daniel H. Chitwood, Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso, Robert VanBuren
Interdisciplinarity is used to integrate and synthesize new research directions between scientific domains, but it is not the only means by which to generate novelty by bringing diverse perspectives together. Internationality draws upon cultural and linguistic diversity that can potentially impact interdisciplinarity…
Edward J. Hackett, Erin Leahey, John N. Parker, Ismael Rafols + 7 more
Synthesis centers are a recently-developed form of scientific organization that catalyzes and supports a form of interdisciplinary research that integrates diverse theories, methods and data across spatial or temporal scales, scientific phenomena, and forms of expertise to increase the generality, parsimony…
Gavin Ng, Vismitha Rajeev, Sharmelee Selvaraji, Karthik Mallilankaraman + 1 more
Ageing is a complex biological process that involves numerous genes and pathways. Experimental studies have identified several of these genes and pathways that that can extend or shorten an individual’s lifespan. Understanding these genes and pathways can help develop interventions that improve health and quality of…
Rachel M. Burke, Julie A. Gazmararian, Nael A. McCarty, Benjamin L. Rambo-Martin + 1 more
Today’s biomedical researchers are expected to apply understanding of basic biology to improve human health. Meeting this goal requires mastery of both laboratory and population sciences, each of which has its own knowledge base, techniques, and training paradigms. Emory University’s “Molecules-to-Mankind” (M2M)…