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In mature knowledge domains using citation weighted reputation, foundational contributors will accumulate ten to one hundred times more reputation than equivalent quality incremental contributors, and citation graphs will exhibit power law degree distributions.

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- Foundational contributors accumulate 10-100× more reputation than equivalent-quality incremental contributors - Citation graphs exhibit power-law degree distribution (Barabási-Albert model)

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Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution (2026), IV.G. Long-Run Knowledge Graph Dynamics, p. 47
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Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6192998

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mature domains in the growth phase before field saturation

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predictivesupport: speculativecitation-and-knowledgereputation

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