The study by Ismael Rafols provides quantitative evidence on how journal rankings can negatively affect interdisciplinary research by comparing Innovation Studies (IS) units and Business & Management Schools (BMS) in the UK. It demonstrates that IS units are more interdisciplinary than BMS, yet journal rankings favor more disciplinary-focused research such as that in BMS, leading to a potential bias against interdisciplinary efforts. This bias in journal rankings could impact funding and assessment of interdisciplinary research negatively, pushing researchers to conform to mono-disciplinary norms over time.