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Peer reviewedKretschmer, Hildrun; Rousseau, Ronald – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Describes an empirical study using publication data from Dutch physics institutes which shows that Lotka's law breaks down when articles with a large number of authors are included in the bibliography. Suggests that from a mathematical point of view, large groups of authors destroy the underlying explanations of informetric laws. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Citations (References), Collaborative Writing, Foreign Countries
