##  [Price's Law](/prices-law) 

  ##  [Price's Law](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/prices-law-0) 

  

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Definition

An empirical observation about concentration of scientific output often summarized as the square‑root rule: in a given body of contributors, approximately the square root of the total number of contributors produce about half the output. It is an approximation describing concentration, not a strict mathematical law.