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Science publication and the "long tail"

Posted by dsingh on 21 Dec 2006 at 06:18 GMT

A minority of scientific journals publishes the majority of scientific papers and receives the majority of citations. The extent of concentration of the most influential articles is less well known.
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This is a classic head scenario. As publication opportunities and avenues increase, will there be long tail effects in scientific publication