A quantitative measure to compare the disciplinary profiles of research systems and their evolution over time

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Highlights：

• We generalize similarity measures currently used in the bibliometric literature.

• We compare the disciplinary profiles of a set of research systems.

• We provide useful insights on the dynamics of the general system.

• We investigate the profiles of European countries from 1996 to 2011.

• We analyze several bibliometric indicators in the 27 Scopus subject categories.

摘要

Highlights•We generalize similarity measures currently used in the bibliometric literature.•We compare the disciplinary profiles of a set of research systems.•We provide useful insights on the dynamics of the general system.•We investigate the profiles of European countries from 1996 to 2011.•We analyze several bibliometric indicators in the 27 Scopus subject categories.

论文关键词：Diversity/similarity,Disciplinary profiles,Spin glasses,Overlap,Overlap distribution,European science

论文评审过程：Received 2 October 2013, Revised 25 June 2014, Accepted 26 June 2014, Available online 16 July 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.06.006