Table 2 Results of the multiple regression analysis with robust standard errors

From: Interdisciplinarity revisited: evidence for research impact and dynamism

Variables

Coeff.

S.E.

Interdisciplinarity (Δ)

0.186***

(0.0354)

IntlCollab

0.558***

(0.0888)

IntlCiting

−1.463***

(0.312)

Year = 2012 (dummy)

−0.176***

(0.0393)

Year = 2016 (dummy)

0.0375

(0.0358)

Research Area’ control set (\({\mathtt{R}}\))

Env. and Geo. Sciences

1.245***

(0.141)

Physics and Space Sciences

1.430***

(0.131)

Comp. and Math

1.334***

(0.137)

Engineering

1.287***

(0.137)

Materials Science

1.420***

(0.172)

Chemistry

1.418***

(0.135)

Clinical Medicine

1.225***

(0.137)

Basic Life Sciences

1.095***

(0.129)

Country’ control set (\({\mathtt{C}}\))

US

0.351***

(0.0853)

France

0.208

(0.181)

UK

0.428**

(0.156)

Germany

0.0416

(0.164)

Japan

0.165

(0.180)

South Korea

−0.677***

(0.151)

China

−0.227*

(0.109)

Constant

−0.129

(0.181)

Observations (n)

2560

Adjusted-R2

0.201

  1. The log-transformed research impact is used as the criterion variable
  2. Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses
  3. *P< 0.05; *P< 0.01; ***P< 0.001