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Orthographic Correlations in Astrophysics

Joe Zuntz, Thomas G. Zlosnik, Caroline Zunckel, Jonathan T. L. Zwart

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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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4 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables
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astro-ph.COCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics astro-ph.IMInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

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    • The article "Orthographic Correlations in Astrophysics" by Zuntz, Zlosnik, Zunckel, and Zwarf on the arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.6064

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