Yep, most commenters here misunderstand these findings. 'Newer is better' never applied to scientific papers. Even philosophy was described as "a series of foot

Yep, most commenters here misunderstand these findings. 'Newer is better' never applied to scientific papers. Even philosophy was described as "a series of footnotes to Plato". The current 'publish or perish' mantra for scientists diminishes the quality of recent papers even more.