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. 2017 Jan 27;12(1):e0170754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170754

Table 16. Comparison of a classification of the title only and the paper classification based on all indicators.

Percentages show how many papers with titles indicating multidisciplinary research are finally classified as belonging to the individual categories.

  Paper classification
Title indicating multidisciplinary contents clearly natural sciences most likely natural sciences clearly social sciences most likely social sciences most likely multi-disciplinary probably multi-disciplinary maybe multi-disciplinary
yes 21.2% 43.8% 71.4% 55.6% 100.0% 66.7% 61.5%