The proliferation of scientific literature: a natural process.
The proliferation of scientific literature: a natural process.
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科学文献的激增：一个自然过程。
DOI：
10.1126/science.7367863
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发表时间：
1980
期刊：
影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
J. Ziman
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文献类型：
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作者：
J. Ziman
原始科学文献的增长速度似乎并不比它所服务的科学界快。过度增殖的印象主要来自于期刊的分化，以适应专业研究领域的快速扩张。这些文献的很大一部分是边际价值，但不应排除在综合档案可能检索。然而，为了了解当前的重大发展，科学家们依赖于少数核心期刊，这些期刊的质量是通过编辑的选择和竞争来保持的。
Primary scientific literature seems not to be growing at a greater rate than the scientific community it serves. The impression of excessive proliferation arises mainly from the differentiation of journals to accomodate rapid expansion in specialized fields of research. A large fraction of this literature is of marginal value, but should not be excluded from comprehensive archives for possible retrieval. For awareness of significant current developments, however, scientists depend on a small number of core journals whose quality is maintained by editorial selectivity and competition.