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Distribution of scientific experts as recognized by peer consensus

dc.contributor.authorCrickman, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKochen, Manfreden_US
dc.contributor.authorBlaivas, Alexen_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T21:41:30Z
dc.date.available2006-09-08T21:41:30Z
dc.date.issued1982-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationKochen, M.; Crickman, R.; Blaivas, A.; (1982). "Distribution of scientific experts as recognized by peer consensus." Scientometrics 4(1): 45-56. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43671>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0138-9130en_US
dc.identifier.issn1588-2861en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43671
dc.description.abstractPeer review plays an important role in maintaining the quality of science. Selection of peers is at the heart of the process by which science advances. Editors and others responsible for selecting a group of peers often rely on their position in a network by which experts in a field are linked to one another by bonds of common interest and recognized expertise. In this paper, we report one aspect of a study aimed at characterizing the structure of this network: the asymmetry of the fraction of experts receiving varying numbers of nominations as experts by peers. The distribution of such nominations is very skew, and we have found that a law of cumulative advantage provides the best theoretical approximation for the distribution of nominations, expecially when the overall pool of data is broken down into well-defined specialties.en_US
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers; Akadémiai Kiadó ; Springer Science+Business Mediaen_US
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_US
dc.subject.otherInformation Storage and Retrievalen_US
dc.subject.otherInterdisciplinary Studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherLibrary Scienceen_US
dc.titleDistribution of scientific experts as recognized by peer consensusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelScience (General)en_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, 205, Washtenaw Place, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (USA)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, 205, Washtenaw Place, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (USA)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, 205, Washtenaw Place, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (USA)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43671/1/11192_2005_Article_BF02098005.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02098005en_US
dc.identifier.sourceScientometricsen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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