Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles
Abstract
An analysis of publications related to high energy physics computing in refereed journals is presented. The distribution of papers associated to various fields of computing relevant to high energy physics is critically analyzed. The relative publication rate of software papers is evaluated in comparison to other closely related physics disciplines, such as nuclear physics, radiation protection and medical physics, and to hardware publications. The results hint to the fact that, in spite of the significant effort invested in high energy physics computing and its fundamental role in the experiments, this research area is underrepresented in scientific literature; nevertheless the analysis of citations highlights the significant impact of software publications in experimental research.
- Authors:
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- ORNL
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1038100
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, HI, USA, 20071026, 20071103
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; COMPUTERS; DISTRIBUTION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION
Citation Formats
Bell, Zane W. Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles. United States: N. p., 2007.
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Bell, Zane W. Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles. United States.
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"Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles". United States.
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abstractNote = {An analysis of publications related to high energy physics computing in refereed journals is presented. The distribution of papers associated to various fields of computing relevant to high energy physics is critically analyzed. The relative publication rate of software papers is evaluated in comparison to other closely related physics disciplines, such as nuclear physics, radiation protection and medical physics, and to hardware publications. The results hint to the fact that, in spite of the significant effort invested in high energy physics computing and its fundamental role in the experiments, this research area is underrepresented in scientific literature; nevertheless the analysis of citations highlights the significant impact of software publications in experimental research.},
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