Applicability of Lotka’s Law in Parasitology research output of India

Authors

NAHEEM KT Mr, Pondicherry UniversityFollow
Sivaraman P. Dr., Dept. of Library & Information Science, Annamalai UniversityFollow
Saravanan G. Dr., Library and Publication Division, French Institute of PondicherryFollow

Date of this Version

5-2019

Abstract

This paper examines the conformity of Lotka’s law to authorship distribution in the field of parasitology using Scopus during 2007-2016. Totally, 5792 articles produced by 3473 unique first authors, was compiled for analysis. Lotka’s law was tested using both generalized and modified forms by using the formula: , the values of the exponent n and the constant c were computed; and Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) and Chi-square tests were applied. The results showed that the Lotka’s law fit to the author productivity distribution pattern in parasitology literature.