Patterns of Productivity in the Finance Literature: A Study of the Bibliometric Distributions
Abstract
This study finds a bibliometric regularity in the finance literature that the number of authors publishing n papers is about of those publishing one paper. We find that the finance literature conforms very well to the inverse square law if data are taken from a large collection of journals. When applied to individual finance journals, we find that values of c range from 1.95 to 3.26. We also find that top‐rated journals have higher...
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Title
Patterns of Productivity in the Finance Literature: A Study of the Bibliometric Distributions
Published Date
Mar 1, 1990
Journal
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
301 - 309
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