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physics.soc-ph2009★ 24 cited
Quantifying the Ease of Scientific Discovery
Samuel Arbesman
It has long been known that scientific output proceeds on an exponential increase, or more properly, a logistic growth curve. The interplay between effort and discovery is clear, a…
physics.soc-ph2009★ 110 cited
The Structure of Phonological Networks Across Multiple Languages
Samuel Arbesman, Steven H. Strogatz, Michael S. Vitevitch
The network characteristics based on the phonological similarities in the lexicons of several languages were examined. These languages differed widely in their history and linguist…