  Nowadays, computer science (CS) has emerged as a dominant force in numerous
research areas both within and beyond its own discipline. However, despite its
significant impact on scholarly space, only a limited number of studies have
been conducted to analyze the research trends and relationships within computer
science. In this study, we collected information on fields and subfields from
over 2,000 research articles published in the 2022 proceedings of the top
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conferences spanning various research
fields. Through a network approach, we investigated the interconnections
between CS fields and subfields to evaluate their interdisciplinarity and
multidisciplinarity. Our findings indicate that computing methodologies and
privacy and security stand out as the most interdisciplinary fields, while
human-centered computing exhibits the highest frequency among the papers.
Furthermore, we discovered that machine learning emerges as the most
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary subfield within computer science. These
results offer valuable insights for universities seeking to foster
interdisciplinary research opportunities for their students.
