Evolving patterns of extreme publishing behavior across science

Author information for:
Hyperprolific physics authors by year 2000-2022 inclusive. Author needs to have 73 or more publications in a year to qualify and their main field from 2000 to 2022 is Physics & Astronomy
Hyperprolific non-physics authors by year 2000-2022 inclusive. Author needs to have 73 or more publications in a year to qualify and their main field from 2000 to 2022 must not be Physics & Astronomy
Almost Hyperprolific physics authors by year 2000-2022 inclusive. Author needs to have between 61 and 72 publications in a year to qualify and their main field from 2000 to 2022 is Physics & Astronomy
Almost Hyperprolific non-physics authors by year 2000-2022 inclusive. Author needs to have between 61 and 72 publications in a year to qualify and their main field from 2000 to 2022 must not be Physics & Astronomy
Data:
year - The year of publication of the articles, reviews, and conference proceedings analyzed in this study
author_field - The primary field assigned to the author based upon publications and share of publications in the field
field - The ScienceMetrix field classification of the journal the publication appears in
Pubs_in_field_year - Total number of publications by the author in the given year in the given field
Pubs_year_total - Total number of publications by the author in the given year
Pubs_in_field_2000_2022 - Total number of publications by the author in the period 2000 to 2022 in the given field,
Pubs_2000_2022_total - Total number of publications by the author in the period 2000 to 2022
rank - The author's rank, within their SM subfield, based on citation count
rank (ns) - The author's rank, within their SM subfield, based on citation count with self citations excluded
sm-subfield-1 - The author's SM subfield
rank sm-subfield-1 - The author's rank, within their SM subfield, based upon their citation score
rank sm-subfield-1 (ns) - The author's rank, within their SM subfield, based upon their citation score excluding self citations
sm-subfield-1 count - The number of authors in the SM subfield
Subfield_Percentile - 100 * rank/count
Subfield_Percentile_ns - 100 * rank (ns)/count
author_name - Author's name from their Scopus Author Profile
hidx - The author's career H-Index
affil_name - The name of the author's most recent affiliation
cntry - The country of the author's most recent affiliation
Total_Pubs - The number of articles, reviews, and conference proceedings from the affiliation in the period
Pubs_with_more_than_100_authors - The number of articles, reviews, and conference proceedings from the affiliation in the period with more than 100 authors
Pubs_with_more_than_500_authors - The number of articles, reviews, and conference proceedings from the affiliation in the period with more than 500 authors
Pubs_with_more_than_1000_authors - The number of articles, reviews, and conference proceedings from the affiliation in the period with more than 1000 authors