Zipf–Mandelbrot–Pareto model for co-authorship popularity

@article{Ausloos2014ZipfMandelbrotParetoMF,
title={Zipf–Mandelbrot–Pareto model for co-authorship popularity},
author={Marcel Ausloos},
journal={Scientometrics},
year={2014},
volume={101},
pages={1565-1586}
}
• M. Ausloos
• Published 1 April 2014
• Physics
• Scientometrics
Each co-author (CA) of any scientist can be given a rank $$(r)$$(r) of importance according to the number $$(J)$$(J) of joint publications which the authors have together. In this paper, the Zipf–Mandelbrot–Pareto law, i.e. $$J \propto 1/(\nu +r)^{\zeta }$$J∝1/(ν+r)ζ is shown to reproduce the empirical relationship between $$J$$J and $$r$$r and shown to be preferable to a mere power law, $$J \propto 1/r^{\alpha }$$J∝1/rα. The CA core value, i.e. the core number of CAs, is unaffected, of…
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