Use of Benford's law on academic publishing networks

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Highlights：

• Application of Benford's law to scientific cooperation network.

• A methodology for following changes and assessing the maturity of research system.

• The method hints at discrepancies between different research fields within Slovenia.

• Slovenia's scientific publishing networks conform to Benford's law.

• Temporal analysis shows that Benfor’d law can be used to analyze.

摘要

•Application of Benford's law to scientific cooperation network.•A methodology for following changes and assessing the maturity of research system.•The method hints at discrepancies between different research fields within Slovenia.•Slovenia's scientific publishing networks conform to Benford's law.•Temporal analysis shows that Benfor’d law can be used to analyze.

论文关键词：Benford's law,Citation network,Bibliography

论文评审过程：Received 4 August 2020, Revised 26 March 2021, Accepted 6 April 2021, Available online 20 April 2021, Version of Record 20 April 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101163