Co-author Pairs’ frequencies of the National Physical Laboratory India

Abstract

Special collaboration structures (Gestalts) are studied on the basis of the publications data on papers published by the National Physical Laboratory, India, during 1997–2008. The corresponding three-dimensional distribution of the co-author pairs’ frequencies is compared with the distribution of the National Physical Laboratory, UK, as well as with distributions of two journals. The regularities for these four three-dimensional distributions are described by the same mathematical model (Social Gestalts). The varying shapes of these distributions are probably caused by the different research conditions. These new empirical results should initiate future research about the corresponding theoretical background followed by further empirical studies.