A Mathematical Model of Academic Citation Age.

Barnett, George A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ394894

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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A Mathematical Model of Academic Citation Age.

Barnett, George A.; And Others

Communication Research, v16 n4 p510-31 Aug 1989

Uses citation data to examine the pattern of diffusion in the academic literatures of the sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Identifies a mathematical model which describes this pattern, and notes that this model, unlike linear models, describes the processes of both adoption and disadoption of an innovation. (MM)

Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Communication Research, Diffusion (Communication), Faculty Publishing, Humanities, Information Dissemination, Mathematical Models, Publications, Scholarly Journals, Scholarly Writing, Sciences, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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