Using Mixed Methods to Map Vaguely Defined Research Areas

Autor/inn/en	Degn, Lise; Mejlgaard, Niels; Schneider, Jesper Wiborg
Titel	Using Mixed Methods to Map Vaguely Defined Research Areas
Quelle	In: Research Evaluation, 28 (2019) 4, S.394-404 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mejlgaard, Niels)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-2029
DOI	10.1093/reseval/rvz025
Schlagwörter	Mixed Methods Research; Maps; Bibliometrics; Scientific Research; Foreign Countries; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Map; Karte; Bibliometrie; Ausland; Dänemark
Abstract	The aim of this article is to present an alternative method for science mapping, which remedies some of the classic limitations to e.g. using co-citation analysis as a mapping tool. With the emergence of new, more complex and interdisciplinary areas of research it becomes important to adjust our understandings of how to study these areas, and the argument of the present paper is that in order to provide high-resolution maps of emerging scientific areas, we need to start in the 'cognitive colleges' of the research areas themselves. To do so, a mixed methods design with co-nomination as its backbone is proposed. The potential and limitations of the alternative approach to science mapping are discussed based on an empirical example of mapping an vaguely defined research area in Denmark. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01