Structure and dynamics of scientific networks. Part II: The new Zipf's law, the clusters of co-citations and the model of the descriptor presence

R. Ruiz-Baños, R. Bailón-Moreno, E. Jiménez-Contreras and J. -P. Courtial
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R. Ruiz-Baños: Universidad de Granada
R. Bailón-Moreno: Universidad de Granada
E. Jiménez-Contreras: Universidad de Granada
J. -P. Courtial: Université de Nantes

Scientometrics, 1999, vol. 44, issue 2, No 7, 235-265

Abstract: Abstract Here, the quantitative theory of translation is shown to be of great utility in describing scientific networks. In fact, we deduce a new Zipf's Law for the descriptors of a set of documents, based on the concepts of centres of interest and of irreversible parallel translations. This new law can be generalized to other phenomena, such as the distribution of the sizes of cocitation clusters. Finally, we have established the model, for descriptor presence in a network, which closely fits the values recorded.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/BF02457382

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