Note on a Strongly Unimodal Bibliometric Size Frequency Distribution.

Sichel, H. S.

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ERIC Number: EJ444847

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Publication Date: 1992

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Note on a Strongly Unimodal Bibliometric Size Frequency Distribution.

Sichel, H. S.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v43 n4 p299-303 May 1992

This study demonstrates that the number of references at the end of scientific research papers forms a strongly unimodal frequency distribution and that the generalized Gaussian-Poisson distribution fits such unimodal data extremely well. (three references) (Author/MES)

Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Mathematical Models, Research Reports, Statistical Distributions, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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