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Lotka's Law and the Frequency Distribution of Scientific Productivity of Mathematicians and Mechanical Engineers.

  • 한복희 (충남대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • 발행 : 1993.06.01

초록

In 1926, Alfred Lotka examined the frequency distribution of scientific productivity of chemists and physicists. He observed that the number of persons making n contributions is about $1/ n^2$ of those making one and the proportion of all contributions that make a single contribution is about $60\%$. Investigator studing the applicability of 'Lotka's Law' to Mathematics and to Mechanical engineers have fitted Lotka's Law and concluded that the law applied to these subject fields.

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