Inheritance Patterns in Citation Networks Reveal Scientific Memes
Memes are the cultural equivalent of genes that spread across human culture by means of imitation. What makes a meme and what distinguishes it from other forms of information, however, is still poorly understood. Our analysis of memes in the scientific literature reveals that they are governed by a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.041036 |