Scientometric indicators for a specialty in theoretical high-energy physics: Monte Carlo methods in lattice field theory

Publication and citation data are used to analyse the dynamics of the theoretical highenergy physics specialty “Monte Carlo methods in lattice field theory”. The present study is based on a comprehensive bibliography of the given subject area for the six-year period 1979–1984 and the 1979–1985 citations to these papers. The application of a recently introduced set of scientometric indicators provides clues to undertanding the growth of a new research specialty from a core body of seminal literature.

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