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The modified repeat rate described within a thermodynamic framework

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  • Gangan Prathap

    (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University)

  • Ronald Rousseau

    (KU Leuven, MSI, Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM
    University of Antwerp)

Abstract

Derek J. de Solla Price viewed science as a complex system and anticipated that the science of science can be developed via an analogy to thermodynamics. The main point of this article is to show a direct equivalence between a thermodynamic framework and the classical theory of evenness. It illustrates how thermodynamically inspired terms can lead to the measures used to quantify diversity (or lack thereof), balance, evenness, consistency, or concentration. A real-world example based on intersectional inequalities in science is used as an illustration.

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  • Gangan Prathap & Ronald Rousseau, 2023. "The modified repeat rate described within a thermodynamic framework," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(5), pages 3185-3195, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:128:y:2023:i:5:d:10.1007_s11192-023-04698-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-023-04698-2
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    1. Ronald Rousseau & Lin Zhang & Gunnar Sivertsen, 2023. "Using the weighted Lorenz curve to represent balance in collaborations: the BIC indicator," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(1), pages 609-622, January.
    2. Gangan Prathap, 2011. "The Energy–Exergy–Entropy (or EEE) sequences in bibliometric assessment," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 87(3), pages 515-524, June.
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    5. Ronald Rousseau & Lin Zhang & Gunnar Sivertsen, 2023. "Correction: Using the weighted Lorenz curve to represent balance in collaborations: the BIC indicator," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(7), pages 4163-4164, July.
    6. Gangan Prathap, 2011. "A thermodynamic explanation for the Glänzel–Schubert model for the h-index," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 62(5), pages 992-994, May.
    7. Gangan Prathap, 2014. "Quantity, quality, and consistency as bibliometric indicators," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 65(1), pages 214-214, January.
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