Collaboration and author productivity: A study with a new variable in Lotka's law

Authors
Gupta, BM Karisiddippa, CR
Citation
Bm. Gupta et Cr. Karisiddippa, Collaboration and author productivity: A study with a new variable in Lotka's law, SCIENTOMETR, 44(1), 1999, pp. 129-134
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
SCIENTOMETRICS
ISSN journal
01389130 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
129 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0138-9130(199901)44:1<129:CAAPAS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The paper explores the possibility of using a new variable represented by t he number of collaborators per author as a substitute for the number of pap ers in Lotka's distribution to predict the productivity strata. On the basi s of a case study in theoretical population genetics it is concluded that t he number of collaborators per author has not proved to be a good substitut e in the Lotka's distribution, which is in contrast to Qin's results.