学科会聚的知识结构与过程研究

Research on knowledge structure and process of disciplinary convergence

学科会聚是大规模学科深度交叉融合发展的新趋势,对知识生产和科研组织将产生深刻影响。本文以哈佛大学威斯生物启发工程研究所和清华大学生命科学学院为例,使用文献计量、网络分析等方法,从知识角度对学科会聚的知识结构与过程进行分析,研究发现:以底层知识单元的共同、共通性和互补性联系为重要基础,学科会聚呈现出生命科学、物质科学、工程科学学科群知识结构特征;学科会聚是从邻近知识领域逐渐扩展至遥远知识领域的渐进过程,且学科群间的协同共进程度逐步增强。这为我们更好地认识学科交叉融合发展规律,统筹规划学科发展、有重点地开展基础研究等政策制定提供支撑和启示。

Disciplinary convergence is a new trend of large-scale interdisciplinary integration, which will have a profound impact on knowledge production and scientific research organization. In this paper, we take Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Tsinghua University’s School of Life Sciences as examples. Using bibliometrics and network analysis to analyze the knowledge structure and process of disciplinary convergence. The results show that: Based on the commonness and complementarity of the underlying knowledge units, disciplinary convergence presents the characteristics of discipline-group knowledge structure of life science, material science and Engineering Science;disciplinary convergence is a gradual process from adjacent knowledge domain to remote knowledge fields, and the degree of collaborative progress among discipline groups is gradually enhanced. These will provide support and enlightenment for us to better understand the law of interdisciplinary integration, coordinate planning of discipline development, and focus on basic research.