Lotka's law and authorship distribution in nutrition research in Bangladesh

This paper examines the validity of Lotka's law to authorship distribution in the field of nutrition research in Bangladesh. A list of periodical articles on various aspects of nutrition research in Bangladesh published during 1972-2006 was compiled for analysis. Using full null of authorship, a total of 998 personal author names were identified. Lotka's law was tested using both generalized and modified forms and Kolmogorov-Smirnov...