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This note presents evidence for the surprising conclusion that a citation to a multiple-authored article is worth more to its author than a citation to a single-authored article.
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Diamond, A.M. The money value of citations to single-authored and multiple-authored articles. Scientometrics 8, 315–320 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018056
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