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> [Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-pais/of-course-relative-citation-frequencies-are-no-measure-of-relative/)

[Abraham Pais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-pais/)

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> [In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-goldacre/in-an-ideal-world-you-might-imagine-that-scientific-papers-were-only/)

[Ben Goldacre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-goldacre/)

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> [The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/the-true-test-of-any-scholar-s-work-is-not-what-his-contemporaries-3/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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