The superstar phenomenon in the knowledge management and intellectual capital academic discipline

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-345

  Serenko, Alexander ^a   Cox, Raymond A K ^b   Bontis, Nick ^c   Booker, Lorne D ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Editor bias; Lotka's square law; Matthew effect; Superstar effect; Yule Simon model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957593873     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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