A citation history of measurements of Newton’s constant of gravity

Katelyn Horstman () and Virginia Trimble ()
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Katelyn Horstman: University of California Los Angeles
Virginia Trimble: University of California Irvine

Scientometrics, 2019, vol. 119, issue 1, No 24, 527-541

Abstract: Abstract We created and analyzed a citation history of papers covering measurements of Newton’s constant of gravity from 1686 to 2016. Interest concerning the true value of the gravitational constant was most intense in the late 90s to early 2000s and is gaining traction again in the present. Another network consisting of the same papers was created using citations from databases to display the prominence of papers on Newton’s constant in the wider scientific community. In general, papers that were important in one network remained important in the other while papers that had little importance in one network remained unimportant in the other. The US contributes the most to literature on the topic both in where journals were published and where the work was done; however, many other countries, such as China, Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK also provide many papers on Newton’s G. Work done within certain countries tends to be considered more important and cited more often within that country. Recent efforts promoting international collaboration may have an impact on this trend.

Date: 2019
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