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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"scientific impact"”.
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Tomographic Imaging and Characterization of Ionospheric Equatorial Plasma Irregularities With the Global Ultraviolet Imager
… imaging capabilities of this technique and its scientific impact. Retrievals of altitude and longitude profiles allow for characterization of plasma bubbles based on their structure and depth of depletion. This information can then be used in coordinated studies of plasma bubbles with …
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Distribution of knowledge production in the chemical sciences in the US
… have emerged as strong producers of high impact articles over the last thirty years: the University of North Carolina, Texas A&M University and the University of Utah. In terms of aggregate numbers of highly cited articles these three schools are in the top ten of over seventy schools …
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Temporal Evolution of Scholarly Communication
… to extend our understanding of the context of scientific progress. The first two sections develop a general mechanism to predict how papers gain attention and how researchers select literatures for their ongoing research agendas. The first section (Appendix A) introduces the idea that …
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Essays on Biomedical Innovation
… affected subfields of knowledge grow in size and scientific impact compared to controls carefully matched on observables. Rather than the aperture of subsequent innovation narrowing, subfields shift towards exploration as they become more translational, more intellectually distant, more …
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Transformations in inorganic nanomaterials: role of defects, surfaces, and size
… The dissertation ends with an outlook of the scientific impact and potential future studies that may emanate from the work presented here.
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The development and drivers of the impact advantages of open access research
… and life sciences show accelerated levels of impact associated with OA adoption, humanities mirror this trend, while social sciences diverge. Conclusion: OAAs are not a single phenomenon, no single explanation can be used to understand them. These mechanisms appear to change over time, as OA …