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A contribution to the dispute on the Ortega hypothesis: Connection between publication rate and stratification of scientists, tested by various methods

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It was tested whether the publication rate of scientists as a rough measure of their “eminence”, influences their stratification. The stratification is reflected in cooperation, in co-authorships, in the structure of the citations and in the distribution of publications among the various problem areas of a scientific discipline. The findings of these investigations was discussed as a contribution to the dispute among authors who accept or reject the Ortega hypothesis which states that the research done by average scientists substantially contributes to the advance of science.

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  1. Institute for Theory, History and Organization of Science, Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prenzlauer Promenade 149-152, DDR-1100, Berlin, (GDR)

    Hildrun Kretschmer & Renate Müller

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Some discussion papers abont the Ortega hypothesis were published in Scientometrics, 12 (1987) 293–353.

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Kretschmer, H., Müller, R. A contribution to the dispute on the Ortega hypothesis: Connection between publication rate and stratification of scientists, tested by various methods. Scientometrics 18, 43–56 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019161

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