Citations, References and The Growth of Scientific Literature: A Model of Dynamic Interaction.

Authors :: Krauze, Tadeusz K.
Hillinger, Claude
Source :: Journal of the American Society for Information Science; Sep/Oct1971, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p333-336, 4p
Publication Year :: 1971
Abstract: A mathematical model is presented which explains the observed exponential growth rates of citations and references in a scientific discipline. The independent variables are the growth rate of the number of articles published and the decay rate of citation of old literature. It is shown how the parameters of the model can be estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: CITATION of electronic information resources
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations
CITATION indexes
REFERENCE sources
SCIENTIFIC literature
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
SCIENCE

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