Sociology

Leading countries in global science increasingly receive more citations than other countries doing similar research

C. J. Gomez, A. C. Herman, et al.

This research, conducted by Charles J. Gomez, Andrew C. Herman, and Paolo Parigi, unveils how disparities in citation flows reveal a troubling global inequality in scientific knowledge. Through their innovative 'citational lensing' framework, they highlight the alarming trend of leading countries receiving disproportionate citations while peripheral nations struggle to gain visibility.

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Abstract

This paper argues that differences in citation flows between countries capture a growing global inequality in scientific knowledge production. Using data from the Microsoft Academic Graph, the authors introduce a framework called 'citational lensing' to identify citational distortions – instances where citations are more or less abundant than expected given textual similarity between research outputs. Findings reveal that leading countries increasingly receive more citations than expected, while peripheral countries are undercited, posing challenges to the growth of novel ideas.

Publisher

Nature Human Behaviour

Published On

Jul 01, 2022

Authors

Charles J. Gomez, Andrew C. Herman, Paolo Parigi

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