descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2006 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Scientometrics, volume 68, pages 535-544 (issn: 0138-9130, eissn: 1588-2861,

Authors: Liang, Liming; Rousseau, Ronald; Shi, Fei;

doi: 10.1007/s11192-006-0128-7

handle: 10067/601230151162165141

A rhythm indicator for science and the rhythm of Science

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Abstract

The rhythm of science may be compared to the rhythm of music. The R-indicator studied in this article is a complex indicator, trying to reflect part of this rhythm. The R-indicator interweaves publication and citation data over a long period. In this way R-sequences can be used to describe the evolutionary rhythm of science considered in a novel way. As an example the R-sequence of the journal Science from 1945 on is calculated.

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