Anatomy of Complex System Research

Figure 4

Field referencing and citation broadness. The distribution of field reference (a) and impact broadness (b) at 1995, with the dashed line representing complex system research. (c) Field’s reference broadness as a function of time, with red and blue lines showing the field of complex systems and nuclear physics, respectively. (d) The same as (c) but for impact broadness.

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