Does knowledge have a half-life? An observational study analyzing the use of older citations in medi...
Does knowledge have a half-life? An observational study analyzing the use of older citations in medical and scientific publications
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England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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English
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ObjectivesIn 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 sought to determine whether research published in more re...
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Does knowledge have a half-life? An observational study analyzing the use of older citations in medical and scientific publications
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b0d0621b10d84325a35bc7c4e8723a3c
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b0d0621b10d84325a35bc7c4e8723a3c
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2044-6055
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2044-6055
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10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072374
