Does knowledge have a half-life? An observational study analyzing the use of older citations in medical and scientific publications

OBJECTIVES: In the process of scientific progress, prior evidence is both relied on and supplanted by new discoveries. We use the term ‘knowledge half-life’ to refer to the phenomenon in which older knowledge is discounted in favour of newer research. By quantifying the knowledge half-life, we sough...

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Autores principales: Chow, Natalie L.Y., Tateishi, Natalie, Goldhar, Alexa, Zaheer, Rabia, Redelmeier, Donald A., Cheung, Amy H., Schaffer, Ayal, Sinyor, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
Materias:
Medical Publishing and Peer Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37217270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072374

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37217270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072374

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