The future of single-authored papers

Helmut A. Abt ()
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Helmut A. Abt: Kitt Peak National Observatory

Scientometrics, 2007, vol. 73, issue 3, No 9, 353-358

Abstract: Abstract The fractions of single-authored papers in four science fields (astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology) were determined at five-year intervals during 1975–2005. In each case the distribution is best fitted with an exponential function that never reaches zero, implying that single-authored papers will continue to be published in the foreseeable future. This is contrary to the prediction that they would become extinct.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1822-9

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