Scholarlink

<p>Taking communication studies as a paradigmatic case, this study examines how interdisciplinary fields maintain disciplinary coherence while achieving sustained knowledge integration. Through analysis of 19,139 Web of Science papers (2000–2024) using Brillouin diversity indices, network analysis, and statistical validation, we reveal that communication studies has developed a hub-and-spoke architecture enabling selective permeability through three boundary-spanning mechanisms: conceptual bridging, methodological hybridization, and problem-driven convergence. Findings demonstrate differentiated integration between primary spokes (linguistics, sociology, psychology) and secondary spokes (biology, philosophy), with punctuated equilibrium dynamics across three technological transition periods. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory and Abbott’s jurisdictional analysis, we propose selective permeability as a transferable framework for understanding how interdisciplinary fields achieve innovation and coherence through structured knowledge integration.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Selective permeability in interdisciplinary knowledge organization: evidence from communication studies

  • 期刊论文

  • 发表日期：

    2026年4月11日

查看全文
  • Hongjun Zhu,
  • Liyi Wang,
  • Keqing Deng,
  • Weishan Miao,
  • Xiao-Kun Wu

摘要

Taking communication studies as a paradigmatic case, this study examines how interdisciplinary fields maintain disciplinary coherence while achieving sustained knowledge integration. Through analysis of 19,139 Web of Science papers (2000–2024) using Brillouin diversity indices, network analysis, and statistical validation, we reveal that communication studies has developed a hub-and-spoke architecture enabling selective permeability through three boundary-spanning mechanisms: conceptual bridging, methodological hybridization, and problem-driven convergence. Findings demonstrate differentiated integration between primary spokes (linguistics, sociology, psychology) and secondary spokes (biology, philosophy), with punctuated equilibrium dynamics across three technological transition periods. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory and Abbott’s jurisdictional analysis, we propose selective permeability as a transferable framework for understanding how interdisciplinary fields achieve innovation and coherence through structured knowledge integration.