Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1515/bsrj-2017-0019
Case Study in Interdisciplinary Scientific Communication: A Decade of the INDECS Journal
Josip Stepanić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-9883
; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Department of Quality, Zagreb, Croatia
Jovana Zoroja
orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-2913
; Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Šimičević
; Center for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Background: Interdisciplinary scientific areas regularly develop unique methodologies, yet utilise the conventional communication modes to disseminate results of their researches. Objectives: This paper analyses whether a novel, interdisciplinary communication mode can be found in a gradually developing interdisciplinary journal. Methods/Approach: The content of the journal was categorised based on the characteristics attributed to the published papers. Statistical tests were performed to check for the overlapping categories. Results: A number of indicators, related to papers or to their authors, are introduced and quantified. Conclusions: Methodology utilised and data collected serve, on the one hand, as a referent set for treating the content of other interdisciplinary or disciplinary scientific journals, and, on the other hand, as a set for comparison and extraction of universalities or specificities of the journals. Fluctuations accompanying a gradual rise of the considered journal content prevent a definite answer to the question whether there are some emerging interdisciplinary communication novelties.
Keywords
interdisciplinary journal; communication; text mining
Hrčak ID:
187348
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Publication date:
1.9.2017.
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