Here are the original papers cited: Meho 2007: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/20/1/33/meta http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-

Here are the original papers cited: Meho 2007: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/20/1/33/meta http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/20/1/33/... (not open access) Evans 2008: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.183.3668&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.183... Lariviere & Gingras 2008(?): https://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.5250v1.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.5250v1.pdf The third paper is especially interesting, as it brings forward what seems to be a pretty solid analysis that goes against what the previous two authors (and the Smithsonianmag) say about the state of science. So maybe there is hope yet :-)