Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2004-04-21
Europhys. Lett. 67, 511-516 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2004-10104-y
Following a recent idea, to measure fame by the number of \Google hits found in a search on the WWW, we study the relation between fame (\Google hits) and merit (number of papers posted on an electronic archive) for a random group of scientists in condensed matter and statistical physics. Our findings show that fame and merit in science are linearly related, and that the probability distribution for a certain level of fame falls off exponentially. This is in sharp contrast with the original findings about WW II ace pilots, for which fame is exponentially related to merit (number of downed planes), and the probability of fame decays in power-law fashion. Other groups in our study show similar patterns of fame as for ace pilots.
Bagrow James P.
ben-Avraham Daniel
Bollt Erik M.
Rozenfeld Hernan D.
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