Discovering discoveries: Identifying biomedical discoveries using citation contexts
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Small et al. (2017) investigated the context of a set of citations to find words which characterize the cited research as discoveries in science.
“In a very recent study, for example, Small et al. (2017) investigated the context of a set of citations to find words which characterize the cited research as discoveries in science.”
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- Authors
- Small, H., Tseng, H., & Patek, M.
- Affiliations
- SciTech Strategies (United States) (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Small, Henry
- Venue
- Journal of Informetrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 46-62
- ISSN
- 1751-1577 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2554061526
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 5.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Informetrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Richard Klavans and Kevin Boyack for valuable discussions
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Library Science and Information
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- scientific discovery, citation context, multiple discovery, machine learning classification, biomedical literature, PubMed Central
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