A foundational text in scientometrics: Derek J. de Solla Price: Little science, big science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, x + 118 pp.

Finally, Price returns to the theme of Big Science and notes some of the changes in science and scientific practice in the age of Big Science. Price found that, for every 100 scientists who publish only one article during their career, there are 25 scientists who publish two articles, about 11 who publish three articles, about six scientists who publish four articles, and so on. A second, enlarged edition of the book was published in 1986, shortly after Price died, with the title I Little Science, Big Science ... and Beyond i . Let us briefly consider the impact of I Little Science, Big Science i , which was deemed a "Citation Classic" in 1983 (see Price [11], 18). [Extracted from the article]