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