Power-law-like distributions in biomedical publications and research funding

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作者
Su, Andrew I.
Hogenesch, John B.
机构
[1] Novartis Res Fdn, Genom Inst, San Diego, CA 92121 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Inst Translat Med & Therapeut, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-404
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Gene annotation, as measured by links to the biomedical literature and funded grants, is governed by a power law, indicating that researchers favor the extensive study of relatively few genes. This emphasizes the need for data-driven science to accomplish genome-wide gene annotation.
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