Delimitación de categorías científicas en bases de datos multidisciplinaresnanociencia y nanotecnología como estudio de caso

Abstract

For the management of scientific policy, science evaluation is essential when establishing priorities and new challenges that go beyond the frontiers of knowledge in research and development. A previous step to the evaluation of scientific disciplines2 is their adequate delineation that consists of assigning journals or publications to subject categories. However, field delineation remains a complex task, especially for emerging disciplines. Consequently, it is important to explore and combine the different methodological approaches in order to have as a reliable and exhaustive representation as possible of the delineation and development of scientific disciplines. This process can be useful in aiding decision-making in research management. This research provides academics, researchers, and research managers with results that can be a valuable tool to facilitate the understanding of emerging scientific and / or multi/interdisciplinary domains, as well as their relationships with other research areas. These findings can complement the information needed to outline actions around the classification in multidisciplinary databases and the usage made of this thematic specialization as a key element in research management.