Do scientific advancements lean on the shoulders of giants? A bibliometric investigation of the Ortega hypothesis.

BACKGROUND: In contrast to Newton's well-known aphorism that he had been able "to see further only by standing on the shoulders of giants," one attributes to the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset the hypothesis saying that top-level research cannot be successful without a mass of me...

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Main Authors: Lutz Bornmann, Félix de Moya Anegón, Loet Leydesdorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2954151?pdf=render