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Uncited papers are not useless

Published:2021 Issue:3 Volume:2 Page:899-911
ISSN:2641-3337
Container-title:Quantitative Science Studies
language:en
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Author:

Golosovsky Michael¹^ORCID,Larivière Vincent²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401 Jerusalem, Israel

2. École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de linformation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

Abstract We study the citation dynamics of the papers published in three scientific disciplines (Physics, Economics, and Mathematics) and four broad scientific categories (Medical, Natural, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities). We measure the uncitedness ratio, namely, the fraction of uncited papers in these data sets and its dependence on the time following publication. These measurements are compared with a model of citation dynamics that considers acquiring citations as an inhomogeneous Poisson process. The model captures the fraction of uncited papers in our collections fairly well, suggesting that uncitedness is an inevitable consequence of the Poisson statistics.

Publisher

MIT Press - Journals

Subject

Aerospace Engineering

Link

https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article-pdf/2/3/899/1970780/qss_a_00142.pdf

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