Is scientific literature subject to a 'sell-by-date'? A general methodology to analyze the 'durability' of scientific documents

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-339

  Costas, Rodrigo ^a   Van Leeuwen, Thed N ^a   Van Raan, Anthony F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG TERM; RESEARCH FIELDS; SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; SLEEPING BEAUTY; TIME PERIODS; WEB OF SCIENCE;

DURABILITY;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 76649104081     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21244     Document Type: Article

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