Table 3 Effect of individual and network characteristics on ln(citations) of an author

ln(k-max)

0.772***

0.605***

1.115***

1.759***

0.749***

0.616***

1.182***

1.743***

(0.035)

(0.037)

(0.049)

(0.036)

(0.047)

(0.050)

(0.058)

(0.047)

ln(No. Publications)

0.350***

0.310***

0.384***

0.836***

0.300***

0.271***

0.329***

0.768***

(0.027)

(0.029)

(0.036)

(0.028)

(0.049)

(0.052)

(0.044)

(0.048)

ln(Rank of affiliation institution)

−0.289***

−0.298***

−0.388***

−0.228***

−0.408***

−0.398***

−0.517***

−0.161***

(0.073)

(0.081)

(0.106)

(0.068)

(0.085)

(0.095)

(0.104)

(0.060)

Area 1: Physics, Mathematics and Earth Sciences

−0.217***

−0.363***

0.331***

−0.064

−0.178**

−0.272***

0.240***

−0.110***

(0.045)

(0.052)

(0.063)

(0.040)

(0.069)

(0.079)

(0.062)

(0.041)

Area 2: Biology and Chemistry

−0.054

−0.114**

0.248***

−0.007

−0.065

−0.103*

0.202***

−0.008

(0.041)

(0.045)

(0.062)

(0.039)

(0.049)

(0.054)

(0.063)

(0.036)

Area 3: Medicine and Health

−0.117***

−0.113**

−0.242***

−0.227***

−0.159***

−0.149***

−0.238***

−0.169***

(0.044)

(0.048)

(0.073)

(0.048)

(0.053)

(0.057)

(0.069)

(0.046)

Area 4: Humanities and Behavioral Sciences

−0.267***

−0.281***

−0.209*

−0.465***

−0.266***

−0.281***

−0.129

−0.323***

(0.078)

(0.084)

(0.121)

(0.103)

(0.095)

(0.099)

(0.175)

(0.086)

Area 5: Social and Economic Sciences

−0.099

−0.089

−0.154

−0.457***

−0.029

−0.009

−0.124

−0.441***

(0.087)

(0.092)

(0.122)

(0.096)

(0.092)

(0.096)

(0.116)

(0.076)

Area 6: Biotechnology and Agricultural Sciences

−0.097**

−0.113**

0.029

−0.058

−0.116**

−0.118**

−0.015

−0.062*

(0.041)

(0.046)

(0.061)

(0.039)

(0.046)

(0.051)

(0.059)

(0.035)

Level I

−0.007

0.017

0.105

−0.090

−0.008

−0.011

0.121

−0.046

(0.068)

(0.078)

(0.094)

(0.060)

(0.089)

(0.100)

(0.094)

(0.057)

Level II

0.257***

0.318***

0.309***

−0.034

0.326***

0.345**

0.320***

0.043

(0.077)

(0.088)

(0.106)

(0.070)

(0.126)

(0.138)

(0.107)

(0.071)

Level III

0.470***

0.556***

0.487***

−0.072

0.627***

0.668***

0.587***

0.084

(0.091)

(0.103)

(0.123)

(0.084)

(0.146)

(0.157)

(0.143)

(0.103)

Career length

0.008***

0.010***

0.004

−0.011***

0.004*

0.005**

0.005

−0.009***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.002)

ln(Avg. co-authors per paper)

0.340***

0.361***

0.589***

−0.063**

0.342***

0.355***

0.584***

−0.110***

(0.036)

(0.037)

(0.064)

(0.029)

(0.043)

(0.046)

(0.063)

(0.032)

Constant

5.765***

5.842***

3.330***

0.655

7.249***

7.160***

4.918***

0.409

(0.676)

(0.742)

(0.968)

(0.623)

(0.798)

(0.895)

(0.975)

(0.559)

lnalpha

−1.120***

−0.898***

−0.551***

−1.582***

(0.054)

(0.048)

(0.037)

(0.062)

Observations

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2362

2334

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2363

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