I think secondary citations would be easier like you say. And you wouldn’t have to stop there—once you have the citation data, you could probably do a lot of creative things analysing the resulting graphs (graphs in the mathematical sense). I expect it’s where the input data is harder to reach and scrape (like whole text) that logistical worries enter.
Yeah I don’t know! I’m sure there some folks who have thought about meta-science/improving science etc. that might have good ideas.
I think secondary citations would be easier like you say. And you wouldn’t have to stop there—once you have the citation data, you could probably do a lot of creative things analysing the resulting graphs (graphs in the mathematical sense). I expect it’s where the input data is harder to reach and scrape (like whole text) that logistical worries enter.
Yeah I don’t know! I’m sure there some folks who have thought about meta-science/improving science etc. that might have good ideas.