Intermediation of Units

Intermediation of Units

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How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research.A comparison between innovation studies and business & management

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Ismael Rafols1, Loet Leydesdorff2, Alice O’Hare1, Paul Nightingale1 and Andy Stirling1

1 SPRU —Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, [email protected] 2 Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, [email protected]

Edinburgh ISSTI

Sussex

Manchester MIoIR

Imperial ISSTI

Warwick Business School

London Business School SPRU

# pubs with journals included 114 141 98 218 287 290% pubs with journals included 90% 95% 91% 92% 73% 84%Journals of publications Clustering Coefficient 0.128 0.098 0.075 0.189 0.165 0.202Std Error 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%Average similarity 0.028 0.034 0.036 0.050 0.045 0.060Std Error 0.06% 0.07% 0.07% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%# refs with journals included 1340 2134 1505 4840 9327 9327% refs with journals included 21% 29% 28% 42% 56% 56%Journals of references Clustering Coefficient 0.178 0.182 0.166 0.236 0.221 0.235Std Error 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%Average similarity 0.044 0.050 0.058 0.066 0.065 0.068Std Error 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%# citations with journals included 140 424 237 651 603 917% citations with journals included 47% 58% 65% 57% 56% 61%Journals of citations Clustering Coefficient 0.120 0.096 0.074 0.157 0.167 0.183Std Error 0.06% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%Average similarity 0.029 0.034 0.037 0.046 0.044 0.055Std Error 0.05% 0.06% 0.06% 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%

Indicators of intermediation

Note: Only a sub-set of 391 journals was used in these journal maps, which is reflected in the values for numbers and percentages of “publications with journals included”.

Intermediation as average Clustering Coefficient

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PhysRevLett

FoodChemToxicol

TechnolCult

PhilosTRSocA

Isis

JApplEcol

RiskAnal

JAgrarChange

SciTotalEnviron

ClimaticChange

JEnvironManage

WorkEmploySoc

HealthCareManageR

Futures

MarketSci

EnergEcon

EntrepRegionDev

JRStatSocB

EcolEcon

PlosOneSciTechnolHumVal

JAmStatAssoc

SocStudSci

EnvironPlannA

AdvExpSocPsychol

IbmSystJ

Science

FinancManage

BWorldHealthOrgan

PsycholRev

TechnolAnalStrateg

EconometJ

EconSoc

JOrganBehav

JFinanc

JRStatSocAStat

ResPolicy

WorldDev

JBusEconStat

IndCorpChange

AnnuRevPsychol

ManageSci

AmJSociol

JLawEconOrgan

AcadManageJ

IntEconRev

AcadManageRev

JLawEcon

HarvardBusRev

Economica

RevEconStat

JEconPerspect

Heat-map of entire journal sub-set (391 journals), based on the cited similarities between journals (WoS 2009)

Journals of Unit’s Publication

Proportion of publications per journalNote: Sum of node areas not consistent between maps

ISSTI Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

TheorCultSoc

TechnolCult

SocNaturResour

ResPolicy

ResourConservRecy

ResEvaluat

PolicyPolit

PhilosTRSocA

JPublAdmResTheor

JHistMedAllSci

JEconSurv

JcmsJCommonMarkS

JCleanProdJApplEcolJAgrarChange

IntJTechnolManage

IntJGreenhGasCon

IdsBullIDevStud

HumOrgan

Geoforum

FoodDrugLawJ

EconSoc DiabeticMed

DevChange

BritJEducTechnol

BodySoc

AfrAffairs

PublicAdmin

NewGenetSoc

NatBiotechnol

JMedInternetRes

BritMedJ

PlosOne

HistSci

EnergPolicy

SocSciMed

SociolRevAccountOrgSoc

SocStudSciTechnolAnalStrateg

SPRU Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

WorldDev

TrendsBiotechnol

TelecommunPolicy

TechnolForecastSoc

ServIndJ

PublicUnderstSci

PostCommunistEcon

LongRangePlann

Lancet

JDevStud

JAgrEnvironEthicIssuesSciTechnol

IntJSustDevWorld

InfEconPolicy

EnvironSciPolicy

EnvironPlannC

CreativityResJ

BritJGenPract

Area

AnnNyAcadSci

AmJEval

SocIndicRes

SciTechnolHumVal

PolicySci

NewTechWorkEmploy

NatBiotechnol

FoodChemToxicol

EnvironMonitAssess

EcolSoc

Nature

JEvolEcon

JAmSocInfSciTec

ObesRev

JRiskRes

IndCorpChange

Scientometrics

EnvironPolit

TechnolAnalStrateg

ResPolicy

EnergPolicy

MIoIR Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

TheorCultSoc

TelecommunPolicy

SociolResOnline

Nature

Minerva

JWorldBus

JNanopartRes

JIntBusStud

JEnvironManage

JEducPolicy

JCleanProd

InformSystJ

IbmSystJ

HumRelat

EurJInformSyst

EconRecDefencePeaceEcon ClimaticChange

BritMedJ

AcadManagePerspect

IntJTechnolManage

ApplEconLettIntJGreenhGasCon

EnvironPlannCJEvolEcon

Scientometrics

R&dManage

TechnolAnalStrateg

TechnolForecastSoc

EnergPolicy

ResPolicy

RandJEcon

PlosOne

PhysRevLett

PatternAnalAppl

OrganBehavHumDec

MarketSci

ManageLearn

Knee

JPersSocPsychol

JFinancEcon

JEurEconAssoc

JEconManageStrat

JComputApplMath

IbmSystJ

EnvironPlannDEconGeogr

BrookingsPapEcoAc

BritJHealthPsych

AnnStat

AmJEvalAccountOrgSoc

SocNetworks

RevFinancStud

RevEconStud

OrganResMethods

ManageSci

JTimeSerAnal

JTelemedTelecare

EntrepTheoryPract

TechnolAnalStrateg

StrategicManageJ

JProdInnovatManag

InsurMathEcon

EconJJFinanc

EurJOperRes

JManageStud

HealthPolicy

BWorldHealthOrgan

JEconometrics

ResPolicy

Imperial Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

WBS Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

Scientometrics

Science

PolitStudLondon

JRStatSocAStatJFinancEcon

JFinanc

JAmSocInfSciTec

JAccountEcon

IntJIndOrgan

HealthEcon

EurEconRev

EconSoc

EconometTheor

ApplEcon

AnnStat

SystDynamRev

StudNonlinearDynE

RegStud

OrganDyn

ManageSci

JMathEcon

JBusFinanAccount

JBankFinanc

EmergMedJ

EconTransit

EconLett

EconJ

CorpGov

Technovation

SocSciMed

PublicAdmin

LocalGovStud

JHealthEcon

CommunAcm

WorkEmploySoc

IntJOperProdMan

ResPolicy

JIntMoneyFinanc

IntJManagRev

LongRangePlann

IntJHumResourMan

EnvironPlannC

JInfTechnol

HumRelat

JOperResSoc

LBS Journals of PublicationsNormalised to total number publications

OxfordRevEconPol

HealthCareManageR

FinancAnalJ

EconometTheor

AnnuRevPsychol

SystDynamRev

RevAccountStud

RandJEcon

JManage

JEconBehavOrganInterfaces

IeeeTPowerSystGameEconBehav

FamBusRev

AmSociolRev

ResPolicy

PsycholSci

JOperManag

JApplEcon

IntJOperProdMan

HumRelat

EconPolicy

JIntBusStud

JEurEconAssocEnergPolicy

EnergEcon

AcadManageJ

AmEconRev

JPersSocPsychol

JMonetaryEcon

JExpSocPsychol

StrategicManageJ

MarketSci

JAccountRes

EurJOperResJFinancEcon

JApplPsychol

OrganBehavHumDec

JFinanc

OrganSci

ManageSci

HarvardBusRev

RevFinancStud

Journals of Unit’s References

Proportion of references per journal

RiskAnal

PsycholBull

PhilosTRSocA

Organization

JPersSocPsychol

JLawEconOrgan

JIntEcon

Interfaces

EnvironSciPolicy

CanJEcon

ApplEcon

AnnuRevPsychol

RandJEcon

JPublicEcon

JManage

JLawEcon

HumRelat

BiomassBioenerg

AtmosEnviron

PolicySci

JIntBusStud

JApplPsychol

Econometrica

PublicUnderstSci

PsycholRev

JFinancEcon

JApplEcolJAgrarChangeClimaticChange

AcadManageJ

JRiskResJDevStud

Scientometrics

HarvardBusRev

IntJMedInform

GlobalEnvironChang

EconJJFinanc

StudHistPhilosSci

DrugInfJ

FuturesWorldDev

StrategicManageJ

SciTechnolHumVal

EconSoc

PublicAdmin

Lancet

IndCorpChange

AccountOrgSoc

EnergPolicy

Nature

AmJSociol

ResPolicy

TechnolAnalStrateg SocStudSciBritMedJ

ISSTI Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

WorkEmploySoc

JIntEcon

JFinancEcon

JFinanc

JBankFinanc

JAccountEcon

IssuesSciTechnol

IsisBritJHistSci

BiomassBioenerg

AnnuRevPsychol

AdvExpSocPsychol

AccountOrgSocPsycholRev

JBusEconStat

InformSystJ

EconSoc

ClimaticChange

PsycholBull

NewGenetSoc

JOrganBehav

FoodChemToxicol

Lancet

IntBusRevJIntBusStud

JDevStud

Geoforum

BritJSociol

ApplEcon

PublicUnderstSci

JLawEconOrgan

CreativityResJ

Organization

Econometrica

RevEconStat

PublicAdmin

RiskAnal

AmJEval

RandJEconIntJIndOrgan

TechnolCult

GlobalEnvironChang

AmJSociol

AcadManageJ

WorldDev

Interfaces

BritMedJ

AgrEcosystEnviron

HarvardBusRev

TechnolForecastSoc

JRiskRes

SciTechnolHumVal

Futures

SocStudSci

AmEconRev

EnvironPollut

Nature

StrategicManageJ

TechnolAnalStrateg

Scientometrics

EnergPolicy

ResPolicy

SPRU Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

MIoIR Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

MarketSci

JTimeSerAnal

JRiskRes

JPersSocPsychol

JFinanc

JEurEconAssoc

JBusEconStat

JAmMedInformAssn

JAccountEcon

Isis

EconSoc

DrugInfJ

AdvExpSocPsychol

TechnolCult

RiskAnal

PsycholRev

PhysRevLett

ManageLearn

JDevStud

EntrepRegionDev

CorpGov

CommunAcm

ApplEconLettAgrEcosystEnviron

WorkEmploySoc

Sociology

PublicAdmin

PhilosTRSocA

JLawEconOrgan JamaJAmMedAssoc

GlobalEnvironChangJCleanProd

IntJHumResourMan

Geoforum

EcolEcon

SciTechnolHumVal

NewEnglJMed

HighEduc

Economica

RevEconStat

MisQuart

JAmSocInfSciTec

IntJIndOrgan

IntJForecasting

HealthAffair

OxfordBEconStatEconometrica

AmSociolRev

WorldDev

SocStudSci

Science

JNanopartRes

HarvardBusRev

JIntBusStud

BiomassBioenerg

Futures

Scientometrics

EnergPolicy

TechnolForecastSoc

StrategicManageJ

AmEconRev

RegStud

ResPolicy

SocStudSci

PublicAdmin

PostCommunistEconJRiskRes

JDevStud

EnergEcon

Geoforum

AtmosEnviron

FinancManage

AmJEval

PersPsychol

JCorpFinanc

JBusFinanAccount

PlosOne

PhysRevLett

PersSocPsycholB

Knee

AnnuRevPsychol

Scientometrics

JTelemedTelecare

JIntEcon

JLawEconOrgan

PsycholRev

JOperResSoc

SystDynamRev

PsycholBull

HealthEcon

JAmStatAssoc

SocNetworks

JPersSocPsychol

EurJOperRes

AccountOrgSoc

JBusEconStat

JHealthEcon

TechnolForecastSocScience

EconometTheor

RandJEcon

RegStud

AnnStat

JApplPsychol

RevEconStat

MarketSci

RevFinancStud

AmJSociol

BritMedJ

JEconometrics

Lancet

Econometrica

AmEconRevJFinanc

StrategicManageJ

ResPolicy

Imperial Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

WBS Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

TechnolCult

PostCommunistEcon

PhilosTRSocA

MedTeach

JEnvironManage

Isis

BodySoc

Area

PhysRevLett

Geoforum

EconometJ

AnnNyAcadSciPolicySci

JExpSocPsychol

JCleanProd

EnvironPolit

SocStudSci

MarketSci

AnnuRevPsychol

AnnStat

JLawEconOrgan

FinancManage

EconometTheor

Futures

EconSoc

SociolRev

Scientometrics

PsycholSci

HealthEcon Lancet

Science

JAmStatAssoc

CorpGov

SystDynamRev

PsycholBull

SocSciMed

UrbanStud JHealthEcon

JAccountEcon

Technovation

JBusEconStat

JEconBehavOrgan

RevEconStat

JPersSocPsychol

PublicAdmin

BritMedJ

RevFinancStud

JIntEcon

JIntMoneyFinanc

IntJOperProdMan

JEconometrics

IntJHumResourMan

WorkEmploySoc

RegStud

Econometrica

AmJSociol

JFinancEcon

ResPolicy

AmEconRevEurJOperResJFinanc

HarvardBusRev

ManageSci

StrategicManageJ

TechnolForecastSoc

SupplyChainManag

RevIntPolitEcon

PhysRevLett

PhilosTRSocA

JRiskRes

EurJInformSyst

EconSoc

EconometJ

ClimaticChange

BWorldHealthOrgan

AnnNyAcadSci

TechnolAnalStrateg

SocIndicRes

JMathPsychol

SocSciComputRev

MisQuart

JHealthEcon

EconometTheor

EconGeogr

BritMedJ

SocNetworks

RiskAnal

JamaJAmMedAssoc

CommunAcm

AnnStat

SystDynamRev

CorpGov

OxfordRevEconPol

Organization

JApplSocPsychol

EnergEcon

Science

FinancManage

EnergPolicyJMoneyCreditBank

IntJOperProdMan

AnnuRevPsychol

JAmStatAssoc

JLawEconOrgan

PersPsychol

AmJPsychol

RevEconStat

JEconometrics

RandJEcon

AmJSociolPsycholRev

MarketSci

PsycholBull

ResPolicy

OperRes

JMonetaryEcon

JAccountEcon

RevFinancStud

Econometrica

JApplPsychol

AmEconRev

AcadManageJ

ManageSci

StrategicManageJ

JPersSocPsychol

JFinanc

LBS Journals of ReferencesNormalised to total number references

Journals of Unit’s citations

Proportion of citations per journal

ISSTI Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

WorldDev

WaterPolicy

TrendsBiotechnol

Technovation

SociolResOnline

RiskAnal

ResPolicy

PublicUnderstSci

PolicyPolit

OrganSciNewTechWorkEmploy

LandUsePolicy

JEconSurv

JApplEcol

IndMarketManag

EnvironSciPolicy

BritJManage

BritJHealthPsych

BodySoc

AmJSociol

NewGenetSoc

HumRelat

EnvironPolit

PlosOne

JAgrarChange

IntJGreenhGasCon

EurJInformSyst

SocStudSci

SociolRev

NotesRecRoySoc

NatBiotechnolGeoforum

FoodDrugLawJ

TechnolCult

JcmsJCommonMarkS

BritMedJ

JMedInternetRes

EconSoc

EnvironPlannCTechnolAnalStrateg

EnergPolicy

AccountOrgSoc

SPRU Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

RiskAnal

PublicUnderstSci

PostCommunistEcon

NewGenetSoc

JRSocInterface

IntSmallBusJ

IntBusRev

HealthEcon

Geoforum

FoodDrugLawJ

EconIndDemocracy

BritJIndRelat

AnnRegionalSci

AmJEval

AcadManageJ

TrendsBiotechnol

ManageSci

ClimaticChange

Area

SociolRev

ServIndJ

Minerva

LongRangePlann

JWorldBus

JNanopartRes

JEconBehavOrgan

IndMarketManag

EnvironValue

WorldDev

SocStudSci

SocIndicRes

FoodChemToxicol

BEnvironContamTox

Futures

JEvolEcon

EnvironPolit JRiskRes

EcolSoc

ObesRev

Technovation

EnvironSciPolicy

JInformetr

PolicySciTechnolForecastSoc

TechnolAnalStrateg

Pharmacogenomics

EnergPolicy

ResPolicy

MIoIR Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

SocStudSci

JWorldBus

JOrganChangeManag

JCleanProd

HighEduc

EurJInformSyst

EnvironSciPolicy

EntrepRegionDev

ClimaticChange

BritJManage

BritJHealthPsych

ArchInternMed

ApplEconLett

AnnRegionalSci

TelecommunPolicy

JTelemedTelecare

JStrategicInfSyst

JEconSurv

IntBusRev

IbmSystJ

GlobalEnvironChang

HumRelat

ServIndJ

EcolEcon

Minerva

JIntBusStud

EnvironPlannC

JNanopartRes

IntJGreenhGasCon

Scientometrics

JEvolEcon

EnergPolicy

R&dManage

TechnolForecastSoc

EurPlanStudResPolicy

Imperial Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

JRStatSocAStat JRSocInterface

JPersSocPsychol

JCleanProd

JBusFinanAccount

ExpEcon

EnergEcon

SystDynamRevPhysRevLett

Organization

JNanopartRes

JInfTechnol

JCorpFinanc

JAmSocInfSciTec

EurJOperRes

EconTransit

EconRec

EconometJ

EconLett

AmJEval

RandJEcon

MarketSci

JOperResSoc

IntJIndOrgan

EconJ

SocIndicResMedTeach

JPublicEcon

JPublAdmResTheor

IntJHumResourMan

HealthEcon

ManageLearn

JHealthEcon

JFinancEcon

EcolEcon

CalifManageRev

Scientometrics

JTelemedTelecare

JInteractMark

BritMedJ

PlosOneTechnolForecastSoc

EnvironPlannC

JEconometrics

JFinanc

RevFinancStud

Lancet

R&dManage

JManageStud

ResPolicy

WBS Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

TrendsBiotechnol

TechnolForecastSoc

PsycholSci

PersSocPsycholB

JTelemedTelecare

JFinancEcon

JEnvironManage

JComputApplMath

JCleanProd

IntJGreenhGasCon

Geoforum

EnergPolicy

EconSoc

EconometJ

Area

AidsAccountRev

SystDynamRev

SociolRev

PostCommunistEcon

PolicyPolit

JFinancQuantAnal

JEconSurv

JAmSocInfSciTec

HealthEconEurPlanStud

EurEconRev

EcolEcon

CorpGov

ManageSci

BritMedJ

Science

PublicManagRev

JIntEcon

JHealthEcon

IntJHumResourMan

WorkEmploySoc

PublicAdmin

JBusFinanAccount

JBankFinanc

SocSciMed

OmegaIntJManageS

LocalGovStud

EconJ

SupplyChainManag

JWorldBus

ApplEconLett

LongRangePlann

IntJOperProdMan

EurJOperRes

EnvironPlannC

HumRelat

LBS Journals of citationsNormalised to total number citations

PublicAdmin

PsycholBull

Nature

MedDecisMaking

JTimeSerAnal

JModAfrStud

JAmStatAssoc

FamBusRev

EconometTheor

BritMedJ

AnnuRevSociol

Scientometrics

MisQuart

JRStatSocAStat

JcmsJCommonMarkS

HealthCareManageR

EnvironPlannC

DevChange

SystDynamRev

PNatlAcadSciUsa

JRiskRes

JEconBehavOrgan

Economica

AnnuRevPsychol

JEconSurv

AmJSociol

JEconTheoryIntJForecasting

JForecasting

JApplEcon

IntJOperProdMan

JMarketingRes

IndCorpChange

EnergEcon

PsycholSci

MarketSci

CorpGov

JIntMoneyFinanc

JPersSocPsychol

JExpSocPsychol

AmEconRev

JIntEcon

ResPolicy

JFinanc

JAccountRes

EurJOperResJFinancEcon

JApplPsychol

JBankFinanc

ManageSci

OrganSci