Lotka’s Law and Author Productivity in HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research: Evidence from PubMed (2001-2020)
Author(s): Sumedh S. Gajbe, Dr. Sangharsh S. Gajbe & Dr. Madan D. Golwal
Abstract - This study aims to analyze the productivity patterns of authors in HIV AIDS vaccines using publications available in PubMed from 2001 to 2020 based on Lotka’s Law. Lotka’s Law of scientific productivity provides a platform for studying inequality in authors’ productivity patterns in a given field and over a specified period. This study covers all the journal articles on HIV AIDS Vaccine literature over Twenty years (2001-2020) in PUBMED, 10268 articles were reported to have been published during this period.....
Keywords - Lotka’s Law, Productivity Patterns, Co-authorship Index (CAI), Kolmogorov Smirnov Test (K-S Test), Collaborative Co-Efficient (CC). Bibliometric Study, Scietometrics, PUBMED.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.10.3.2024.1778
Cite This Article As: Gajbe, S.S, Gajbe, S.S. & Golwal, M.D. (2024) Lotka’s Law and Author Productivity in HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research: Evidence from PubMed (2001-2020). International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 10(3) 91-108. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1778 Page: 91-108 Publication Date: 28 August 2024