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

B. M. Gupta and C. R. Karisiddippa
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B. M. Gupta: National Institute of Science, Technology, and Development Studies
C. R. Karisiddippa: Karnatak University

Scientometrics, 1999, vol. 44, issue 1, No 8, 129-134

Abstract: Abstract The paper explores the possibility of using a new variable represented by the number of collaborators per author as a substitute for the number of papers in Lotka's distribution to predict the productivity strata. On the basis of a case study in theoretical population genetics it is concluded that the number of collaborators per author has not proved to be a good substitute in the Lotka's distribution, which is in contrast to Qin's results.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/BF02458481

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