Abstract : This paper examines the validity of Lotka’s law of scientific publication productivity of the
articles published on Bell’s palsy disease during 2004-2018. Data for this analysis was retrieved
from WOS data base of Clarivate analytics. In this study, the straight and complete count of
authorship was used. A total of 4039 articles along with 3384 and 14517 authors were
identified by using straight and complete count method of authorship respectively. K-S goodness
of- fit statistical test were employed to verify the applicability of Lotka’s law. The results
showed that, Lotka’s law fits with the data of straight count of authors. While this law doesn’t
find fits to complete count authorships. Hence, it is concluded that Lotka’s law partially fits with
Bell’s palsy literature.
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Naheem K.T., Sivaraman P., G Saravanan. Application of Lotka’s Law in Bell’s palsy (facial paralysis) research output during 2004 -2018. Library Philosophy and Practice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln libraries, 2019, pp.2892. ⟨hal-02292933⟩
