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Author growth
The SPIRES databases, run by a collaboration of SLAC, Fermilab and DESY libraries, have a wealth of information about the field of particle physics. Every issue we hope to provide an interesting tidbit of statistical data culled from the databases. Feel free to suggest your own idea for a quick study.
Over the last 40 years, the number of authors on experimental collaboration papers has increased by a factor of 10. In 2004, papers from BaBar and CDF led the way with over 600 authors each. As the LHC comes online at CERN and begins producing papers, we can expect these numbers to increase yet again.
Travis Brooks, SLAC
