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It is shown that the observations made in a recent contribution by Savanur and Srikanth (Scientometrics 84:365–371, 2010) are not new. On the contrary much more refined collaboration measures have been proposed already in 1991 by Egghe.

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  1. KHBO (Association K.U. Leuven), Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Zeedijk 101, 8400, Oostende, Belgium

    Ronald Rousseau

  2. University of Antwerp (UA), IBW, Venusstraat 35, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    Ronald Rousseau

  3. Department of Mathematics, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, 3001, Leuven (Heverlee), Belgium

    Ronald Rousseau

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Rousseau, R. Comments on the modified collaborative coefficient. Scientometrics 87, 171–174 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0300-y

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