Rao, I.K.: ¬The distribution of scientific productivity and social change (1978)
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- Abstract
- Results in the literature concerning the probability that an author publishes r articles in time t are reexamined, and it is found that a negative binomial distribution bits scientific productivity data (by the chi-squared goodness-of-fit-test) better than many other distribution such as geometric, logarithmic, zeta, cumulative advantage, etc. It is shown analytically that the nagative binomial distribution describes a pattern of scientific productivity under the 'success-breeds-success' condition in a wide variety of social circumstances
- Source
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 29(1978), S.111-122
