一项发表在《公共科学图书馆·综合》期刊的新研究表明，披头士乐队已成为科学文献中被引用最频繁的音乐组合，其参考资料出现在超过3000篇论文中1。研究人员发现，科学家们经常巧妙地在学术著作中融入流行歌曲歌词，例如将披头士的《这条漫长的道路》改编作为新冠长期症状研究的论文题目，将《阳光将至》改编作为量子计算研究的论文题目1。
除披头士乐队外，鲍勃·迪伦的歌词在科学论文中也被广泛引用1。2014年，瑞典卡罗林斯卡研究院的科学家被发现故意在论文中插入迪伦的歌词1。1997年发表在《自然》杂志上的一篇评论文章首次将迪伦歌词纳入其中，题目为《硝酸氮化物与炎症：答案在风中吹》1。到2015年，研究人员进一步发现迪伦的《时代在变迁》和《风中答案》成为生物医学文献中被引用最多的两首歌曲1。
A new study published in PLoS ONE has revealed that the Beatles are the most frequently cited musical group in scientific literature, appearing as references in more than 3,000 papers.1 Researchers discovered that scientists routinely weave popular song lyrics into their work with creative flair, adapting titles like "The Long and Winding Road" for a study on long COVID symptoms and reworking "Here Comes the Sun" for a quantum computing paper.1
The phenomenon extends beyond the Beatles. Scientists have a documented history of embedding cultural references into their research, particularly from Bob Dylan's catalog. In 1997, a Nature commentary titled "Nitric Oxide and Inflammation: The Answer Is Blowin' in the Wind" became the first such publication to incorporate Dylan lyrics into its title.1 A 2015 study found that Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" and "Blowin' in the Wind" were the most frequently cited song lyrics in biomedical literature.1 In 2014, researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute were found to have deliberately inserted Dylan lyrics into their papers.1
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