Examining the Scientific Productivity of Authors in Altmetrics research: A Study using Lotka’s Law
Journal Title: International Journal of Library Science and Research (IJLSR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
The fundamental aim of this study was, to analyze the application of Lotka’s law to the research publication, in the field of Altmetrics. The data related to alt metrics were extracted from web of science database, which is a scientific, citation and indexing service, maintained by Thomson Reuters. A total of 215 research publications were published by the researchers, in the field of Alt metrics. The study found out that, the Lotka’s inverse square law is not fit for this data. The study also analyzed the Prolific authors, Authorship pattern and the Degree of Collaboration
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Abu K. S
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