Measuring the Spread of Ideas through thePhysical Review

2014/11/21 by David Lindley · 1 citation
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Advanced Text Analysis Techniques #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.1103/physics.7.118

openalex publication_date 2014/11/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

An automated analysis of the words in 117 years worth of the Physical Review selects scientific memes—significant ideas that emerge and spread through the literature.

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• Matjaž Perc [wikipedia]

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