Scientometric study of exploration geophysics-author productivity trends

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">A <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">cumulative index of geophysics for the two most important journals "Geophysics" and "Geophysical Prospecting" in the field of exploration geophysics for the period 1936-1985 was analyzed for author productivity trends. Author Productivity trends were tested for the application of Lotka's law by applying K-S statistical test. Two files were generated out of this data base; one for the period 1936-1985 <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">and the other for the period 1936-1976 <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">to test the time sensitivity of Lotka's law. Lotka's law did not apply as inverse square law but could apply satisfactorily with exponent value of 2. 1 <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">on author productivity distribution patterns of both the files.</span></span></span></span></span>