There are too many studies, new study finds

‘Science is drowning in studies, and it took a study to expose it.

In a paper entitled ‘Attention decay in science’, professors from universities in Finland and California conclude that “the exponential growth in the number of scientific papers makes it increasingly difficult for researchers to keep track of all the publications relevant to their work.

“Consequently,” the say, “the attention that can be devoted to individual papers, measured by their citation counts, is bound to decay rapidly.”‘

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