| Lotka’s Law |
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| The number of
authors making n |
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| contributions
is about 1/na of those |
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| making one
contribution, where a ≈__ |
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| ˇ | Implications: |
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| l | A small number
of authors produce large |
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| number of
papers, e.g., 10% of authors |
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| produce half of
literature in a field |
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| l | Those who
achieve success in writing |
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| papers are
likely continue having it |
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