Linking the dimensions of policy-related research on obesity: a hybrid mapping with multicluster topics and interdisciplinarity maps

Mapping the intellectual structure and dynamics of complex, multidisciplinary domains has long been a challenging task for bibliometrics. Research subjects with outstanding social relevance are typically of this sort, being multifaceted and requiring a synthesis of various field-specific perspective...

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Published inScientometrics Vol. 122; no. 1; pp. 159 - 213
Main Authors Kiss, Anna, Fritz, Péter, Lakner, Zoltán, Soós, Sándor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bibliometrics
Computer Science
Information Storage and Retrieval
Interfaces
Library Science
Mapping
Obesity
Obesity
Hybrid methods
IDR
Alluvial diagrams
Interdisciplinarity
Concept maps
Science mapping
Research trends
Public policy
Public health
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Summary:Mapping the intellectual structure and dynamics of complex, multidisciplinary domains has long been a challenging task for bibliometrics. Research subjects with outstanding social relevance are typically of this sort, being multifaceted and requiring a synthesis of various field-specific perspectives. Among such subjects, our work addresses policy-related research on obesity, and aims to uncover how this multilevel issue is represented in policy studies through its dense thematic interrelations, and at the interfaces of various research areas participating in the discourse. In doing so, we propose an analytic framework combining so-called hybrid methods of science mapping with the (traditional) use of alluvial diagrams, resulting in what we refer to as “multicluster topics” and “interdisciplinarity maps”. Therefore, the contribution of this paper can be considered both at the subject and at the methodological level.
ISSN:0138-9130
1588-2861
DOI:10.1007/s11192-019-03293-8