Multidisciplinary research in Spain: a network perspective

This contribution presents a network approach to analyse the current situation of multidisciplinary research in Spain. To this aim, all coordinated projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the 2013-2018 timeframe have been considered as a proxy for multidisciplinarity. Th...

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Autores: Díaz de la Fuente, Silvia, Ahedo García, Virginia, Caro Saiz, Jorge, Pereda, María, Santos Martín, José Ignacio, Galán Ordax, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/6352
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6352
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Multidisciplinary research
Network analysis
Community structure
ANEP thematic areas
Investigación multidisciplinar
Análisis de redes
Estructura de comunidades
Áreas temáticas de la ANEP
Investigación
Research
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Sumario:This contribution presents a network approach to analyse the current situation of multidisciplinary research in Spain. To this aim, all coordinated projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the 2013-2018 timeframe have been considered as a proxy for multidisciplinarity. The information on each institution has been complemented with its geographical location (latitude, longitude and autonomous community) as well as with its position according to the Scimago Institutions Rankings. Two networks were built: the network of the interactions between institutions and the network of thematic areas. Topological analyses were conducted on the two. Our results show that the two networks have a clear modular structure, and the role detection analyses conducted on both networks provide relevant insights into the relative importance of the different research institutions and thematic areas respectively.