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Patterns of Productivity in the Finance Literature: A Study of the Bibliometric Distributions.
- Source :
- Journal of Finance (Wiley-Blackwell); Mar1990, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p301-309, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- This study finds a bibliometric regularity in the finance literature that the number of authors publishing n papers is about l/n<superscript>c</superscript> of those publishing one paper. We find that the finance literature conforms very well to the inverse square law (c = 2) 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 concentrations among their contributors. This implies that the phenomenon "success breeds success" is more common in higher quality publications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221082
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Finance (Wiley-Blackwell)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4652309
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1990.tb05095.x