Study Finds There Are Too Many Studies
Click here for reuse options!‘Attention decay in science‘, a new paper published by professors from universities in Finland and California, reports that “the attention that can be devoted to individual papers measured by their citation counts, is bound to decay rapidly,” due to the overwhelming number of studies.
The research suggests that the decay is accelerating in recent times signaling that papers are forgotten more quickly. The study focused on scientific research but notes that the same concept can be applied to the internet and popular culture.
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rg9rts March 13th, 2015 at 12:10
As long as the money is there …there will be studies. No one does a study for free
pignose4.0 March 13th, 2015 at 12:15
I see new studies released all the time of some promising new whatever that has great potential then it disappears down the rabbit hole of studies never to be heard of again.
Mike March 13th, 2015 at 13:45
This is only a part of the problem…think about the quality of excessive white papers, then read this.
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble
Bunya March 13th, 2015 at 13:47
LOL! Next up – a study to study the effects that too many studies has on studies.
Robert M. Snyder March 13th, 2015 at 19:41
I had a neuroscience professor who said, only half-jokingly, that a scientist should only be allowed to publish ten papers in their entire career, and they’d better be damned good ones. He was tired of reading paper after paper that revealed only a tiny bit of new information. He said that the problem was the “publish or perish” culture that pervades university research. He said these things in 1983.