2013/11/20 by Maria Grazia Pia, Tullio Basaglia, Pia, Maria Grazia +6
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Digital Libraries (cs.DL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #cs.DL #hep-ex #physics.comp-ph #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1311.5158
To be published in the Proceedings of CHEP 2013 (Computing in High Energy Physics)
openalex publication_date 2013/11/20 · arxiv created 2014/01/20 · arxiv updated 2014/01/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The broad coverage of the search for the Higgs boson in the mainstream media is a relative novelty for high energy physics (HEP) research, whose achievements have traditionally been limited to scholarly literature. This paper illustrates the results of a scientometric analysis of HEP computing in scientific literature, institutional media and the press, and a comparative overview of similar metrics concerning representative particle physics measurements. The picture emerging from these scientometric data documents the scientific impact and social perception of HEP computing. The results of this analysis suggest that improved communication of the scientific and social role of HEP computing would be beneficial to the high energy physics community.