Do Scientific Advancements Lean on the Shoulders of Giants? A Bibliometric Investigation of the Ortega Hypothesis

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Lutz Bornmann ,

* E-mail: bornmann@gv.mpg.de

Affiliation Office of Research Analysis and Foresight, Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany
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Félix de Moya Anegón,

Affiliation CSIC/CCHS/IPP, SCImago Group (Spain), Communication and Information Science Faculty, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Loet Leydesdorff

Affiliation Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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