The Role of Scientific Communication in the Process of Knowledge Production in Humanities

Knowledge production is a complex and time-consuming process and academic elites are pioneers in this field. Few studies have investigated the process of ‘scientific communication’ and its role in the production and dissemination of knowledge in humanities and, more importantly, the effectiveness of interdisciplinary communication on the development of knowledge fields in humanities. This study reviews and introduces these concepts in order to analyze the challenges of interdisciplinary knowledge production in humanities.

This study was conducted by using a library research and literature review and the concepts were identified by reviewing relevant literature.

In the framework of scientific communication theory and interdisciplinary knowledge production in humanities, there is not only a need for the effective participation of knowledge creators and scientific elites within the academic community, but also infrastructure requirements of interdisciplinary knowledge production and dissemination should exist, in addition to their willingness to publish their ideas and thoughts. If knowledge is considered as a communication network in the humanities, wisdom participants (consumers and producers) can gain insights that share creative ideas in a creative way and help the knowledge wisdom fluidity. Hence, it is necessary to further understand factors affecting scientific communication in academic settings.

It seems that knowledge exchange and utilization of interdisciplinary research which result in dissemination of ideas and thoughts to solve problems and difficulties in society are among the indispensable requirements of human communities. Hence, development of interdisciplinary knowledge in the humanities in order to achieve the desired status can be addressed by using some theoretical frameworks with an emphasis on the role of interdisciplinary communication in the knowledge production process.