一些研究人员对这些发现提出了异议,认为研究中使用的定义过于严格<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Voitalov |first1=Ivan |last2=van der Hoorn |first2=Pim |last3=van der Hofstad |first3=Remco |last4=Krioukov |first4=Dmitri |title=Scale-free networks well done |journal=Physical Review Research |date=18 October 2019 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=033034 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033034|doi-access=free }}</ref> ,其他人则认为,确定度分布的精确函数形式不必要,只需要知道度分布是否为厚尾分布就好<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Holme|first=Petter|date=2019-03-04|title=Rare and everywhere: Perspectives on scale-free networks|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|pages=1016|doi=10.1038/s41467-019-09038-8|issn=2041-1723|pmc=6399274|pmid=30833568|bibcode=2019NatCo..10.1016H}}</ref> 。对度分布的特定形式的过度解释也受到批评,因为它没有考虑网络如何随时间演化<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Falkenberg |first1=Max |last2=Lee |first2=Jong-Hyeok |last3=Amano |first3=Shun-ichi |last4=Ogawa |first4=Ken-ichiro |last5=Yano |first5=Kazuo |last6=Miyake |first6=Yoshihiro |last7=Evans |first7=Tim S. |last8=Christensen |first8=Kim |title=Identifying time dependence in network growth |journal=Physical Review Research |date=18 June 2020 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=023352 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023352|doi-access=free }}</ref>。 | 一些研究人员对这些发现提出了异议,认为研究中使用的定义过于严格<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Voitalov |first1=Ivan |last2=van der Hoorn |first2=Pim |last3=van der Hofstad |first3=Remco |last4=Krioukov |first4=Dmitri |title=Scale-free networks well done |journal=Physical Review Research |date=18 October 2019 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=033034 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033034|doi-access=free }}</ref> ,其他人则认为,确定度分布的精确函数形式不必要,只需要知道度分布是否为厚尾分布就好<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Holme|first=Petter|date=2019-03-04|title=Rare and everywhere: Perspectives on scale-free networks|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|pages=1016|doi=10.1038/s41467-019-09038-8|issn=2041-1723|pmc=6399274|pmid=30833568|bibcode=2019NatCo..10.1016H}}</ref> 。对度分布的特定形式的过度解释也受到批评,因为它没有考虑网络如何随时间演化<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Falkenberg |first1=Max |last2=Lee |first2=Jong-Hyeok |last3=Amano |first3=Shun-ichi |last4=Ogawa |first4=Ken-ichiro |last5=Yano |first5=Kazuo |last6=Miyake |first6=Yoshihiro |last7=Evans |first7=Tim S. |last8=Christensen |first8=Kim |title=Identifying time dependence in network growth |journal=Physical Review Research |date=18 June 2020 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=023352 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023352|doi-access=free }}</ref>。 |