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This index turned out to be 0.088±0.195, which suggests that citations are fairly well spread out. However, when examined as a function of the number of years articles are available online, it was found that fewer and fewer distinct articles were cited even as more publications could be accessed online.
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The conclusion of all this statistical work was that, as more and more articles are readily available online, researchers, on average, cite fewer articles. The articles that are cited are newer, and fewer distinct articles receive attention. The results of the explosion of easily available articles, according to Evans, is that "researchers can more easily find prevailing opinion, they are more likely to follow it, leading to more citations referencing fewer articles." As a side effect of this, a scientific consensus will typically form more rapidly. The other side of this is that papers containing ideas that don't catch quickly will be forgotten by the scientific world much faster.
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21 Jul 08
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The conclusion of all this statistical work was that, as more and more articles are readily available online, researchers, on average, cite fewer articles. The articles that are cited are newer, and fewer distinct articles receive attention. The results of the explosion of easily available articles, according to Evans, is that "researchers can more easily find prevailing opinion, they are more likely to follow it, leading to more citations referencing fewer articles." As a side effect of this, a scientific consensus will typically form more rapidly. The other side of this is that papers containing ideas that don't catch quickly will be forgotten by the scientific world much faster.
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20 Jul 08
annestOver the last decade or so, access to scientific literature has changed radically. Reading a research paper no longer requires a trip to the library, as the research journals are only a web browser away.
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Online articles lead to rapid scientific consensus, forgotten ideas
By Matt Ford | Published: July 18, 2008 - 09:44AM CT
Over the last decade or so, access to scientific literature has changed radically. Reading a research paper no longer requires a trip to the library, as the research journals are only a web browser away. A paper in the current edition of Science looks into whether this transformation has triggered a corresponding change in how that literature is used. Its author's statistical analysis suggests that the ready availability of scientific information has a counterintuitive result: a smaller pool of articles are referenced in the scientific literature.
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Michel Bauwenshow research articles are cited by others in the academic world, and how the recent explosion of online access to articles affects this behavior. IN short: the online explosion has a mainstreaming effect
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