What percentage of papers are never cited?

“90\% of papers published in academic journals are never cited.” This damning statistic from a 2007 overview of citation analysis recently darted about cyberspace. A similar statistic had made the rounds in 2010 but that time it was about 60\% of social and natural science articles that were said to be uncited.

What is the percentage of papers in the humanities that is left Uncited?

And it found the dismal results Pearlstein cites (by way of Bok) for the humanities: 98 percent of articles went uncited, as did 75 percent of articles in the social sciences. But the data included all items published in journals, not just research.

Who published the most papers?

The United States published the largest number of articles (855/2051, 41.7\%), followed by Germany (245/2051, 11.9\%), South Korea (160/2051, 7.8\%), China (147/2051, 7.2\%), Japan (108/2051, 5.2\%) and had the highest total citations (16626).

Does anyone actually read academic papers?

According to one estimate, only 20 per cent of papers cited have actually been read. We estimate that an average paper in a peer-reviewed journal is read completely by no more than 10 people. Hence, impacts of most peer-reviewed publications even within the scientific community are minuscule.

How many times does the average scientific paper get cited?

However, because the data are so skewed to one side, over 70\% of the papers in the set fall below that average (that is, 70\% of papers are cited fewer than 7 times). In this case, a slightly better measurement would be the median, which is 4. That is, about half the papers have fewer than four citations.

Is there such a thing as useless research?

Answer Wiki. Short answer: There is no useless research unless the research is made with unethical intentions, which is more of a problem for externally financed research that is sponsored by interested parties. It is not interested in ethics of validity and reliability, but rather in proving the point of their interest.

How much of human DNA is useless?

“Useless” is a relative word, but I would guess at least 80\% of human DNA is fairly useless. Here is why: only 1–2\% of the human genome is required to encode all the proteins and RNAs we need.

How common is scientific misconduct in the United States?

A pooled weighted average of 1.97\% (N = 7, 95\%CI: 0.86–4.45) of scientists admitted to have fabricated, falsified or modified data or results at least once –a serious form of misconduct by any standard– and up to 33.7\% admitted other questionable research practices.

What grade-school lessons do Americans find the most useless?

Researchers put together a list of the grade-school lessons that Americans found particularly useless in their everyday lives, with the Pythagoream Theorem, knowing the number value of pi, and the periodic table leading the way.