Mr. Park and Drs Leahey and Funk found that the average CD score for papers has fallen by between 92% and 100% since 1945, and for patents between 79% and 92%.

帕克、利希和芬克发现，自1945年以来，论文的平均CD分数下降了92%至100%，专利的平均CD分数下降了79%至92%。

Michael Park and Russell Funk of the University of Minnesota, and Erin Leahey of the University of Arizona, have set out to determine whether this decline holds for science and technology in general.

明尼苏达大学的迈克尔·帕克和拉塞尔·芬克，以及亚利桑那大学的艾琳·利希，正在研究高影响力发现的减少是否发生在整个科学和技术界。