The nearly universal link between the age of past knowledge and tomorrow’s breakthroughs in science and technology: The hotspot
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601315
Abstract: Papers or patents that cite past work of a particular age distribution double their chances of being a hit. Scientists and inventors can draw on an ever-expanding literature for the building blocks of tomorrow’s ideas,… read more here.
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