Orthographic Correlations in Astrophysics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2010-04-01 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
We analyze correlations between the first letter of the name of an author and the number of citations their papers receive. We look at simple mean counts, numbers of highly-cited papers, and normalized h-indices, by letter. To our surprise, we conclude that orthographically senior authors produce a better body of work than their colleagues, despite some evidence of discrimination against them.
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@article{arxiv.1003.6064,
title = {Orthographic Correlations in Astrophysics},
author = {Joe Zuntz and Thomas G. Zlosnik and Caroline Zunckel and Jonathan T. L. Zwart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.6064},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables