Ok, so the average has declined - has the raw # of disruptive studies increased? The definition of 'disruptive' here is based on the ratio of citations of [stud

Ok, so the average has declined - has the raw # of disruptive studies increased? The definition of 'disruptive' here is based on the ratio of citations of [study] vs citations of [study's references]. If the number of papers increases, do we want a proportional increase in studies that "send a field in a new direction?" Or do we want incremental studies to be improving rigor, comprehensiveness, and clarity? IMO, it'd be much better to look at the Avg. CD of the top N% of CD scores over time - that'd give me a much better idea of if disruptiveness is changing, as disruptiveness is a "best paper" phenomenon anyway.