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Hidden citations in physics - EurekAlert


Albert-László Barabási and colleagues from Northeastern University attempted to detect hidden citations in the physics literature by using machine learning to automatically detect phrases representing in-text allusions to 343 specific discoveries that can each be traced back to a foundational paper. According to the authors, hidden citations represent a "price" of success. The more influential an idea is, the more likely it is to become so familiar and well understood that researchers no longer feel the need to explicitly cite the source.

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