An Examination of Lotka’s law in the Field of Library and Information Studies

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The top 2,000 cited articles in critical care medicine: a bibliometric analysis

“…In Lotka's seminal paper {Lotka:1926vc}, he found that "the number ( (29). In the field of CCM, the n and c value differed significantly from the Lotka's law, which may not be suitable for the measurement of authors' productivity.…”

“…Of the 2,000 highly cited articles, Bellomo R contributed the most [30], followed by Vincent JL [29], Bernard GR [21], Angus DC [17], and Reinhart K [17] (Figure 2). The United State of America contributed more than half (50.7%) of the highly cited articles, followed by Canada (8.4%), France (7.2%), Germany (4.3%), Australia (3.4%), Spain (3.2%), Italy (3.0%), Netherlands (2.4%), Belgium (2.2%), Switzerland (1.8%), Sweden (1.4%) and China (1.0%), as shown in Figure 3.…”

An evaluation of author productivity in international radiography journals 2004–2011

“…In relation to the research base of a profession, examination of author productivity has been used as proxy to demonstrate scholarly maturity . Diagnostic radiography author productivity has only been reviewed on one longitudinal single‐journal study, but studies from other disciplines have concluded that the most productive authors will contribute disproportionately to the evidence base and is illustrated by Baker et al .…”

Produktivitas Penulis Artikel Majalah Ilmiah Psikologi Universitas Gadjah Mada Menggunakan Dalil Lotka

“…Kajian-kajian selanjutnya yang dilakukan o l e h p a r a p e n e l i t i b e r k a i t a n d e n g a n produktivitas penulis dalam berbagai bidang ilmu pengetahuan, menunjukkan hasil yang sesuai dengan dalil tersebut (Askew, 2008;Lin, 2011;Anwar, 2012;Wahyudi, 2015). Meskipun demikian, ada juga hasil kajian yang tidak sesuai dengan dalil tersebut.…”

“…Adanya perbedaan yang signifikan antara hasil pengamatan dan teori diprediksikan karena penghitungan dengan melibatkan seluruh penulis, sementara kajian yang dilakukan Lotka hanya terbatas pada penulis pertama (Askew, 2008).…”