Quantifying the interdisciplinarity of scientific journals and fields

@article{Silva2012QuantifyingTI,
  title={Quantifying the interdisciplinarity of scientific journals and fields},
  author={Filipi Nascimento Silva and Francisco Aparecido Rodrigues and Osvaldo N. Oliveira and Luciano da Fontoura Costa},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2012},
  volume={abs/1203.4807}
}
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