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Uncited papers are not useless

Author(s) -

M. Golosovsky,

Vincent Larivière

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

quantitative science studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2641-3337

DOI - 10.1162/qss_a_00142

Subject(s) - fraction (chemistry) , citation , poisson process , measure (data warehouse) , poisson distribution , the arts , computer science , mathematical economics , mathematics , statistics , library science , political science , law , chemistry , organic chemistry , database

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.

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