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Frosty reception for algorithm that predicts research papers’ impact

A mathematical model designed to forecast the success of biotechnology papers has drawn criticism from researchers.
  1. Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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For years, researchers have been trying to find formulae that can accurately predict the future impact of scholarly papers. The latest attempt — a machine-learning algorithm unveiled in Nature Biotechnology on 17 May1 — has proved controversial.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01358-4

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