Exploring the Transdisciplinary Nature of Digital Humanities

The article contributes to the ongoing discussion on the transdisciplinary nature of DH research quantitatively. A bibliometric analysis of published articles in DH is conducted to examine the structure and patterns of transdisciplinary collaborations, as well as the evolving overall pattern. The findings indicate that the scope of disciplines involved in DH research is broad, but that the disciplinary distribution is unbalanced. Centering around a few important disciplines, all disciplines related to DH research are aggregated into communities, suggesting multiple related research areas and disciplines for DH research. The evolving graph of disciplines provides support for the transdisciplinary nature of DH.