Eponymy and Obliteration by Incorporation

McCain, K. W. (2011). Eponymy and Obliteration by Incorporation: The Case of the ‘Nash Equilibrium’. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 1412-1424.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2011

Pages

1412-1424

DOI

10.1002/asi.21536

DOI registrant

Wiley

Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.21536

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Obliteration by Incorporation
  • McCain's study of Nash equilibrium found increasing uses of the phrase without citations to two Nash papers, even though “Nash” remained in the name.

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