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Research on Multi-dimensional Interdisciplinary Characteristics from the Perspective of Literature: A Case Study of Digital Humanities

  • Li Hui ,
  • Liu Zhuyi ,
  • Wang Qianyu ,
  • Wang Ruoting
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  • School of Economic & Management, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126
Li Hui, associate professor, PhD, master supervisor, E-mail: lihui@xidian.edu.cn; Liu Zhuyi, master candidate; Wang Qianyu, master candidate; Wang Ruoting, master candidate.

Received date: 2024-01-31

  Revised date: 2024-06-08

  Online published: 2025-02-11

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This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shannxi Province project titled “Study on the Potential Development of Emerging Technologies Based on Integration of Multi-source Heterogeneous Data” (Grant Nos. 2023-JC-YB-625).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] This study explores the change process of interdisciplinary integration from multiple dimensions under different development stages, which helps to enrich the research methods of interdisciplinary characteristics, dig out the core technologies and potential methods for promoting integration, and provide references for the formulation of interdisciplinary related policies. [Method/Process] This article adopted a combination of bibliometrics and natural language processing for analysis. First, it conducted a coarse-grained analysis of interdisciplinary characteristics using indicators of diversity, persistence, stability, and affinity. Then, it took a fine-grained analysis by automatically extracting technology/method elements and mapping them to their respective disciplines, identifying research methods and technical elements related to disciplines. Finally, it integrated both coarse-grained and fine-grained analyses to reveal potential technology pairs between disciplines in the field. [Result/Conclusion] Taking the digital humanities as an example for empirical analysis, this paper indicates that the coarse-grained disciplinary intersection analysis based on the entire discipline and the fine-grained one based on technical/methodological elements can effectively reveal the cross-disciplinary integration within the field and identify the technical methods that promote such integration. Through integrating the analysis results of cross-disciplinary intersection at both coarse and fine granularities, it is conducive to discovering the “topic-technology pairs” that drive cross-disciplinary research and providing references for researchers’ related studies.

Cite this article

Li Hui , Liu Zhuyi , Wang Qianyu , Wang Ruoting . Research on Multi-dimensional Interdisciplinary Characteristics from the Perspective of Literature: A Case Study of Digital Humanities[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(3) : 64 -77 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.03.006

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