caa a22 4500 445349662 CHVBK 20180317142840.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-010-0246-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-010-0246-0 Searching for converging research using field to field citations [Elektronische Daten] [Reindert Buter, Ed. Noyons, Anthony Van Raan] We define converging research as the emergence of an interdisciplinary research area from fields that did not show interdisciplinary connections before. This paper presents a process to search for converging research using journal subject categories as a proxy for fields and citations to measure interdisciplinary connections, as well as an application of this search. The search consists of two phases: a quantitative phase in which pairs of citing and cited fields are located that show a significant change in number of citations, followed by a qualitative phase in which thematic focus is sought in publications associated with located pairs. Applying this search on publications from the Web of Science published between 1995 and 2005, 38 candidate converging pairs were located, 27 of which showed thematic focus, and 20 also showed a similar focus in the other, reciprocal pair. The Author(s), 2010 Interdisciplinarity nationallicence Convergence nationallicence Emergence nationallicence Non-linear growth nationallicence Journal subject categories nationallicence Citations nationallicence Research focus nationallicence Buter Reindert Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Noyons Ed Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Van Raan Anthony Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 86/2(2011-02-01), 325-338 0138-9130 86:2<325 2011 86 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0246-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0246-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buter Reindert Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Noyons Ed Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Raan Anthony Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 62a, P.O. Box 905, 2300 AX, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 86/2(2011-02-01), 325-338 0138-9130 86:2<325 2011 86 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer