title: A preliminary review of influential works in data-driven discovery.
abstract: The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ran an Investigator Competition as part of its Data-Driven Discovery Initiative in 2014. We received about 1100 applications and each applicant had the opportunity to list up to five influential works in the general field of "Big Data" for scientific discovery. We collected nearly 5000 references and 53 works were cited at least six times. This paper contains our preliminary findings.
authors.affiliation: Science Program, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stalzer
authors.affiliation: Science Program, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2831-5632
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mentzel