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Table 1 Comparison of Pearson coefficients (bottom left, correlation of values) and Spearman coefficient (top right, correlation of ranks) between all measures

From: Multiplex flows in citation networks

Pearson ρ Spearman r s

h-index

ascending flow

-degree

1-degree

2-degree

5-degree

10-degree

20-degree

1-flow

2-flow

5-flow

10-flow

20-flow

h-index

-

0.821

0.765

0.958

0.954

0.849

0.770

0.765

0.776

0.809

0.807

0.807

0.807

Ascending flow

0.546

-

0.758

0.858

0.807

0.764

0.759

0.758

0.961

0.990

0.991

0.991

0.991

-degree

0.476

0.267

-

0.715

0.809

0.947

1.000

1.000

0.654

0.710

0.714

0.714

0.714

1-degree

0.768

0.648

0.265

-

0.920

0.794

0.719

0.715

0.856

0.863

0.860

0.860

0.860

2-degree

0.850

0.670

0.375

0.766

-

0.908

0.815

0.809

0.725

0.776

0.775

0.775

0.775

5-degree

0.626

0.347

0.856

0.367

0.546

-

0.952

0.947

0.657

0.714

0.716

0.716

0.716

10-degree

0.483

0.270

0.999

0.268

0.381

0.865

-

1.000

0.654

0.710

0.714

0.714

0.714

20-degree

0.476

0.267

1.000

0.265

0.375

0.856

0.999

-

0.654

0.710

0.714

0.714

0.714

1-flow

0.637

0.694

0.330

0.904

0.638

0.367

0.332

0.330

-

0.987

0.985

0.985

0.985

2-flow

0.664

0.814

0.337

0.892

0.712

0.390

0.339

0.337

0.969

-

1.000

1.000

1.000

5-flow

0.656

0.823

0.341

0.879

0.704

0.392

0.344

0.341

0.964

0.999

-

1.000

1.000

10-flow

0.656

0.823

0.341

0.879

0.704

0.392

0.344

0.341

0.964

0.999

1.000

-

1.000

20-flow

0.656

0.823

0.341

0.879

0.704

0.392

0.344

0.341

0.964

0.999

1.000

1.000

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