%0 Generic %1 wray2014philosophy %A Wray, K. Brad %A Bornmann, Lutz %D 2014 %K referenzen wissenschaftsforschung wissenschaftsgeschichte %T Philosophy of science viewed through the lense of "References Publication Years spectrosopy" (RPYS) %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3461 %X We examine the sub-field of philosophy of science using a new method developed in information science, Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy (RPYS). RPYS allows us to identify peak years in citations in a field, which promises to help scholars identify the key contributions to a field, and revolutionary discoveries in a field. We discovered that philosophy of science, a sub-field in the humanities, differs significantly from other fields examined with this method. Books play a more important role in philosophy of science than in the sciences. Further, Einstein's famous 1905 papers created a citation peak in the philosophy of science literature. But rather than being a contribution to the philosophy of science, their importance lies in the fact that they are revolutionary contributions to physics with important implications for philosophy of science.

@misc{wray2014philosophy, abstract = {We examine the sub-field of philosophy of science using a new method developed in information science, Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy (RPYS). RPYS allows us to identify peak years in citations in a field, which promises to help scholars identify the key contributions to a field, and revolutionary discoveries in a field. We discovered that philosophy of science, a sub-field in the humanities, differs significantly from other fields examined with this method. Books play a more important role in philosophy of science than in the sciences. Further, Einstein's famous 1905 papers created a citation peak in the philosophy of science literature. But rather than being a contribution to the philosophy of science, their importance lies in the fact that they are revolutionary contributions to physics with important implications for philosophy of science.}, added-at = {2014-10-15T11:14:53.000+0200}, author = {Wray, K. Brad and Bornmann, Lutz}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/212019e20cc45bac75ce43249e3dffc27/wdees}, description = {[1410.3461] Philosophy of science viewed through the lense of "References Publication Years spectrosopy" (RPYS)}, interhash = {896df5b3c50b945dae36c067d13c7bfa}, intrahash = {12019e20cc45bac75ce43249e3dffc27}, keywords = {referenzen wissenschaftsforschung wissenschaftsgeschichte}, note = {cite arxiv:1410.3461}, timestamp = {2014-10-15T11:14:53.000+0200}, title = {Philosophy of science viewed through the lense of "References Publication Years spectrosopy" (RPYS)}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.3461}, year = 2014 }