Research on interdisciplinarity of five-metrics in China based on Chinese Citation Data under the background of open science

The theories, methods and techniques of bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, webometrics and knowledgometrics together constitute Five-Metrics. Five-Metrics is one of the most active research fields in China’s library and information science (LIS), and the research on Five-Metrics in China is characterised by the diversity of disciplines. Quantitative analysis of interdisciplinary research in Five-Metrics of China reveals the disciplinary origin and knowledge structure of Chinese Five-Metrics, grasps the interdisciplinary patterns and laws of Five-Metrics, and helps promote international exchange and cooperation, innovation and development of Five-Metrics research in the context of open science. Based on the theory of knowledge flow, this study uses a combination of citation analysis, mathematical modelling analysis, social network analysis and statistical analysis. We study the interdisciplinary degree of Five-Metrics based on 20,528 publications and corresponding 207,530 reference records and 111,823 citing article records, using a combination of python, gephi, origin and other tools. The results show that the interdisciplinarity of Five-Metrics publications and knowledge flow at the macroscopic level is high, and interdisciplinarity of the cited references and citing articles of Five-Metrics is higher. At the microscopic level, there is a wide gap in the interdisciplinarity of Five-Metrics in different disciplines. In addition, this study identifies three interdisciplinary knowledge flow patterns of Five-Metrics of China. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of the interdisciplinary Five-Metrics study in China based on the cited references, publications and citing articles.