Writing Software or Writing Scientific Articles?

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 compar...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 2008-04, Vol.55 (2), p.671-678
Main Authors: Basaglia, T., Bell, Z.W., Dressendorfer, P.V., Larkin, A., Pia, M.G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Citation analysis
Computation
Computer programs
Data analysis
Distributed computing
Documents
Energy (nuclear)
Hardware
Intersymbol interference
Keyword search
Laboratories
Medical physics
Nuclear physics
Physics computing
Software
Transaction databases
Writing
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2008.919563