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Can It Really Be True That Half of Academic Papers Are Never Read?
-- By Arthur G. Jago, for The Chronicle for Higher Education

chronicle.com/article/Can-It-R

"Using statistical modeling of recurring identical misprints in bibliographic entries, two UCLA engineers estimate that "only about 20 percent of citers read the original" article that they claim as a source in their own reference lists."