Science of science: universality and inflation

Titolo: Science of science: universality and inflation

Relatore: prof. Santo Fortunato

Abstract: In the last years there has been a growing attention on the activity of scientists via their citation and collaboration patterns, and on the dynamics of scientific impact. This is crucial both to uncover the dynamics of science making and for policy, especially the evaluation of research. I will show some recent results in this area. The distribution of the citations of papers published in the same discipline and year can be rescaled on a universal curve by properly normalizing the number of citations. In addition I will briefly discuss the consequences of the exponentially growing number of scientific publications: the value of citations decreases, so does the attention towards newer papers.

Coordinate: lunedì 21 dicembre 2015, ore 10:00, aula F

Data: 
Lunedì, 21 Dicembre, 2015