Etymology

Price's law

Today it means: A description of the relationship between the academic literature on a subject and the number of authors in the subject area, stating that half of the publications come from the square root of all contributors. Full definition →

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The story

Introduced by Derek J. de Solla Price.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.