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The use of ChatGPT for identifying disruptive papers in science: a first exploration

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  • Lutz Bornmann

    (Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society)

  • Lingfei Wu

    (University of Pittsburgh)

  • Christoph Ettl

    (Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society)

Abstract

ChatGPT has arrived in quantitative research evaluation. With the exploration in this Letter to the Editor, we would like to widen the spectrum of the possible use of ChatGPT in bibliometrics by applying it to identify disruptive papers. The identification of disruptive papers using publication and citation counts has become a popular topic in scientometrics. The disadvantage of the quantitative approach is its complexity in the computation. The use of ChatGPT might be an easy to use alternative.

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  • Lutz Bornmann & Lingfei Wu & Christoph Ettl, 2024. "The use of ChatGPT for identifying disruptive papers in science: a first exploration," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(11), pages 7161-7165, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:129:y:2024:i:11:d:10.1007_s11192-024-05176-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-024-05176-z
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