14 Sep 2004
CS 5244 – Bibliometrics
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Lotka’s Law
The
number of authors making n contributions is about 1/na of those making one contribution,
where a ≈ 2.
ˇImplications:
lA small number of authors produce large number
of papers, e.g., 10% of authors produce half of literature in
a field
lThose
who achieve success in writing papers are likely continue
having it