Understanding the nature of collaboration underpinning scientific work in fisheries is critical to building the social foundations for effective scientific progress in addressing complex socio-ecological systems. We examine the nature of interdisciplinary work in fisheries through an analysis of nearly three decades of peer-reviewed papers authored by researchers affiliated with NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center in the United States. Using social network analysis, and approaches novel to scientometrics such as grounded theory building, we map and analyse the relationships between authors of different disciplinary backgrounds, visualize these changing networks over time, and evaluate the nature of collaboration with a particular emphasis given to the integration of the social sciences. Our analysis suggests that areas of research such as ecosystem-based management and climate change have helped create synergies between the natural and social sciences, pointing to the importance of organizational changes promoting multiple perspectives, the institutionalization of integrated approaches, and openness to diverse understandings.

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科学、社交网络和合作：1990 年至 2018 年渔业科学出版物分析

了解支持渔业科学工作的合作的性质对于为解决复杂的社会生态系统的有效科学进步奠定社会基础至关重要。我们通过分析近三年来由美国 NOAA 渔业东北渔业科学中心附属研究人员撰写的同行评议论文，研究渔业跨学科工作的性质。使用社交网络分析和科学计量学的新方法（例如扎根理论构建），我们绘制和分析不同学科背景的作者之间的关系，可视化这些随时间变化的网络，并评估合作的性质，特别强调整合的社会科学。