[P][arXiv2107.14641] Investigating disagreement in the scientific literature

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Lamers WS, Boyack K, Larivière V, Sugimoto CR, van Eck NJ, Waltman L, et al. Investigating disagreement in the scientific literature. arXiv [cs.DL]. 2021. Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14641

NOTE: The authors used some keywords to identify the relevant sentences and analyze the disagreement statements. This is not the most precise measurement.

But the results make sense in a way.

Math and Computer Science have the least disagreement using their method to measure the disagreement in scientific literature. Bio&Health has the highest disagreement among science.




The subfield of research also matters a lot. It is quite heterogeneous.




I am not familiar with other fields, but the two examples in physics make total sense.