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Table 3 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

Spearman r s

Monoplex

  

Multiplex

    

Pearson ρ

h-index

1-degree

inf-degree

Ascending flow

Aggregated flow

Sum flow

Selective flow

Multiplexity

h-index

-

0.958

0.765

0.821

0.846

0.873

0.836

0.330

1Degree

0.768

-

0.715

0.858

0.880

0.939

0.899

0.322

InfDegreeCoeff

0.476

0.265

-

0.758

0.748

0.661

0.680

0.038

AscendingFlow

0.546

0.648

0.267

-

0.975

0.918

0.967

-0.011

AggregatedFlow

0.541

0.586

0.248

0.912

-

0.952

0.962

0.110

SumFlow

0.786

0.953

0.322

0.628

0.611

-

0.972

0.226

SelectiveFlow

0.665

0.957

0.257

0.682

0.624

0.946

-

0.072

Multiplexity

0.248

0.168

-0.044

-0.005

0.030

0.191

0.070

-