In response to the call for a science of science policy, we discuss the contribution of indicators at the macro-level of nations from a scientometric perspective. In addition to global trends such as the rise of China, one can relate percentages of world share of publications to government...

Purpose: “Interdisciplinarity” is a hot topic in science- and technology-policy. However, the concept of “Interdisciplinarity” is both abstract and complex, and therefore difficult to measure using a single indicator. A variety of measures for diversity and interdisciplinarity have been...

The United States Government and other entities such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publish reports of science and engineering indicators.  The increasing attention paid to interdisciplinary research suggests the need to address this new area of interest by...