Physics – Physics and Society
Scientific paper
2006-06-21
Phys. Rev. E 75, 026103 (2007)
Physics
Physics and Society
9 pages (revtex twocolumn style), 10 figures
Scientific paper
Using data retrieved from the INSPEC database we have quantitatively discussed a few syndromes of the publish-or-perish phenomenon, including continuous growth of rate of scientific productivity, and continuously decreasing percentage of those scientists who stay in science for a long time. Making use of the maximum entropy principle and fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we have shown that the observed fat-tailed distributions of the total number of papers x authored by scientists may result from the density of states function g(x;\tau) underlying scientific community. Although different generations of scientists are characterized by different productivity patterns, the function g(x;\tau) is inherent to researchers of a given seniority \tau, whereas the publish-or-perish phenomenon is caused only by an external field \theta influencing researchers.
Fronczak Agata
Fronczak Piotr
Holyst Janusz A.
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