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I heard about a study showing fewer scholars are referenced in academic papers since the advent of electronic journals. Looking for paper.
The study purported to show that fewer scholars were being cited more frequently in academic papers. The authors argued this decreased the breadth of knowledge in academic research. I'm looking for a reference to the study.
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It is here: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/321/5887/395
To quote the abstract:
Using a database of 34 million articles, their citations (1945 to 2005), and online availability (1998 to 2005), I show that as more journal issues came online, the articles referenced tended to be more recent, fewer journals and articles were cited, and more of those citations were to fewer journals and articles. The forced browsing of print archives may have stretched scientists and scholars to anchor findings deeply into past and present scholarship.
To quote the abstract:
Using a database of 34 million articles, their citations (1945 to 2005), and online availability (1998 to 2005), I show that as more journal issues came online, the articles referenced tended to be more recent, fewer journals and articles were cited, and more of those citations were to fewer journals and articles. The forced browsing of print archives may have stretched scientists and scholars to anchor findings deeply into past and present scholarship.
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