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Peer reviewedNoma, Elliot; Olivastro, Dominic – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
A study comparing citations received by patents in given year to number received in subsequent years found that, even though influential patents remain influential, both highly and infrequently cited patents age at same rate. Distribution of patents by number of citations received is stable over time. (17 references) (EJS)
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