Charm Revisited: A Quantitative Analysis of the HEP Literature
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Social Studies of Science
- Vol. 17 (1) , 87-113
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030631287017001004
Abstract
We seek to demonstrate that interpretative and quantitative approaches can be productively integrated in science studies research. We have developed techniques of citation and cocitation analysis which are sufficiently fine-grained to test a pre-existing interpretative analysis of the establishment of the `charm' hypothesis in high-energy physics. We present our quantitative data here and argue that they support, strengthen and extend the prior interpretation of this episode.Keywords
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