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Knowledge grows step-by-step despite the exponential growth of papers, finds study

27 Sep 2024
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Paper trail: the team analysed 213 million scientific papers, published between 1800 and 2020, and examined 7.6 million patents to determine changes in knowledge over time (courtesy: Shutterstock/agsandrew)
Scientific knowledge is growing at a linear rate despite an exponential increase in publications. Th

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