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. 2012 Nov 7;7(11):e49176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049176

Figure 3. Trends involving ages of references for five disciplines (astronomy (AST), mathematics (MAT), robotics (ROB), ecology (ECL), and economics (ECN)) from 1961–2010.

Figure 3

A) Average age of references. B) Fraction of old references (>10 years old). C) Modified Price Index (fraction of references published within five years compared to those published within 10 years). Data points are averaged in bins of two years.