Large-Scale Assessment of the Effect of Popularity on the Reliability of Research 英文参考文献.docVIP

Large-ScaleAssessmentoftheEffectofPopularityonthe ReliabilityofResearch ThomasPfeiffer1*,RobertHoffmann2 1ProgramforEvolutionaryDynamic,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts,UnitedStatesofAmerica,2ComputerScienceandArtificialIntelligenceLaboratory, MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),Cambridge,Massachusetts,UnitedStatesofAmerica Abstract Based on theoretical reasoning it has been suggested that the reliability of findings published in the scientific literature decreases with the popularity of a research field. Here we provide empirical support for this prediction. We evaluate publish