Exploring the antecedents of interdisciplinarity at the European Research Council: a topic modeling approach

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 127; no. 12; pp. 6961 - 6991
• Main Authors: Bonaccorsi, Andrea, Melluso, Nicola, Massucci, Francesco Alessandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Computer Science; Epistemology; Information Storage and Retrieval; Interdisciplinary subjects; Library Science; Modelling; Text mining; Topic modeling; Interdisciplinarity; European research council

The paper applies topic modeling to the collection of ERC-funded proposals, interim reports and related publications, with the aim of measuring in a novel way the degree of interdisciplinarity. This approach helps to address several open research questions about the epistemic, institutional and indi...