How far does scientific community look back?

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Highlights：

• Papers published in recent four years have many more downloads than older articles.

• Classic papers are still being downloaded frequently even many years after their publication.

• Social media may reboot the attention of old scientific literature in a short time.

摘要

•Papers published in recent four years have many more downloads than older articles.•Classic papers are still being downloaded frequently even many years after their publication.•Social media may reboot the attention of old scientific literature in a short time.

论文关键词：Article usage,Altmertics,Download,Static usage data,Dynamic usage data,Lifetime of scientific literature

论文评审过程：Received 12 September 2013, Revised 22 April 2014, Accepted 22 April 2014, Available online 14 May 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.04.009