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the proposition that about half of the papers in a field come from roughly the square root of the number of its authors.

In scientometrics, Price's law refers to the proposition that about half of the papers in a field come from roughly the square root of the number of its authors. This meaning comes from Price (1963) in Little Science, Big Science.[1]

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References

  1. Price, D. J. D. S. (1963). Little Science, Big Science. Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/pric91844

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