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Table 2 p -values of one sided Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. This quantifies whether the centrality distributions of authors of articles in P are (in a statistical sense) larger than those of authors of articles in P . Also shown are the medians M and variances var of the centrality metrics in the two sets.

From: Predicting scientific success based on coauthorship networks

 

p-value

M( P )

M( P )

var P

var P

k-core

1.28 × 10−115

16

26

1.20× 10 4

7.18× 10 3

Eigenvector

2.52 × 10−34

9.67 × 10−18

2.08 × 10−17

2.58 × 10−3

5.40 × 10−4

Betweenness

1.19 × 10−68

19.38

11.4× 10 4

4.19× 10 12

1.58× 10 13

Degree

5.63 × 10−125

28

57

1.02× 10 5

1.13× 10 5