Forecast String Research Citing in 2005: 11 or More?

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The discussion revolves around the declining trend in citations for string theory papers, with a notable drop from 21 highly cited papers in 2000 to just 8 in 2004. Participants are forecasting the number of recent string papers that will achieve over 100 citations in 2005, with predictions ranging from 4 to 9. The conversation highlights concerns about whether string research is in a slump or experiencing a temporary downturn. Several members suggest that the current state of string theory may not yield significant breakthroughs, impacting citation counts. The group plans to revisit their forecasts once the citation data for 2005 is available.

How many recent string papers will get 100+ citations in 2005?


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Robert Ihnot (welcome!) added his prediction. Time to update. Now there are 12 people in the poll and our predictions are

How many recent string papers will get 100+ citations in 2005?

One better than last year, 9: Meteor
Same as last year, 8: Locrian and I
One less than last year, 7: Igor_S
Slump continues, 6: selfAdjoint, Berislav, Robert Ihnot
Yikes! 5 or less: Peter Woit, Ohwilleke, Chronos, Gokul, Spin_Network


Berislav at first estimated 7 but on clarification of the problem revised his guess to 6. The way the distribution shapes up is

9: 1
8: 2
7: 1
6: 3
5 or less: 5
 

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