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Positioning indicators for cross-disciplinary challenges: the Dutch coastal defense research case

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  • Femke Merkx
  • Peter van den Besselaar

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In this paper, we develop indicators for the responsiveness of the research system to the changing knowledge needs that follow from changes in social and policy priorities. In this paper we use coastal defense research as a case. Using four different approaches — an analysis of coastal defense policy documents to identify the demand knowledge; a document analysis to identify the Netherlands' coastal research field; a bibliometric analysis; and a focus group with involved practitioners, researchers and intermediary actors — we identified the main demand for coastal defense research, the way the research system responds to it, as well as the bottlenecks that hinder optimal responsiveness of the research system. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Femke Merkx & Peter van den Besselaar, 2008. "Positioning indicators for cross-disciplinary challenges: the Dutch coastal defense research case," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 17(1), pages 4-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:17:y:2008:i:1:p:4-16
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    1. Roland Barthel & Roman Seidl, 2017. "Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Natural and Social Sciences – Status and Trends Exemplified in Groundwater Research," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(1), pages 1-27, January.
    2. Andrea Bonaccorsi & Nicola Melluso & Francesco Alessandro Massucci, 2022. "Exploring the antecedents of interdisciplinarity at the European Research Council: a topic modeling approach," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(12), pages 6961-6991, December.
    3. Pim Vugteveen & Rob Lenders & Peter Van den Besselaar, 2014. "The dynamics of interdisciplinary research fields: the case of river research," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 100(1), pages 73-96, July.

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