Research infrastructures in the LHC era: a scientiometric approach

Stefano Carrazza (), Alfio Ferrara () and Silvia Salini ()

Departmental Working Papers from Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano

Abstract: When a research infrastructure is funded and implemented, a new literature cycle is created. This new information is the measurable output of the discovery process. In this paper, we describe the impact of physics experiments in terms of publications and citations. In particular, we consider the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments (ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb) and compare them to Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP) experiments (ALEPH, DELPHI, L3, OPAL), Tevatron experiments (CDF, D0). We provide an overview of the scientific output by projects over time and highlight the role played by remarkable project results in the publication-citation distribution trends. The methodological and technical contribution of this work provides a starting point for the development of a theoretical model to determine modern scientific knowledge propagation over time.

Keywords: Scientometrics; Research infrastructures; Knowledge; Large Hadron Collider (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C89 O30 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12-01
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