New study reveals how scientific publications impact diverse research fields.
The article introduces a new way to look at how scientific papers are cited. Instead of just counting how many times a paper is cited, the authors also consider how deeply it impacts a specific field and how much it relies on previous work. By analyzing a large amount of data, they found that some papers have a big impact in one area, while others have a broader impact across different fields. They also discovered that some papers build heavily on earlier research, while others make more original contributions. This new approach gives a more detailed understanding of how influential a scientific paper is beyond just the number of citations it receives.