Percolation as a Model for Informetric Distributions: Fragment Size Distribution Characterised by Bradford Curves

Jan Bogaert, Ronald Rousseau and Piet Van Hecke
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Jan Bogaert: University of Antwerp (UIA)
Ronald Rousseau: KHBO, Zeedijk Oostende, and UIA
Piet Van Hecke: University of Antwerp (UIA)

Scientometrics, 2000, vol. 47, issue 2, No 2, 195-206

Abstract: Abstract It is shown how Bradford curves, i.e. cumulative rank-frequency functions, as used in informetrics, can describe the fragment size distribution of percolation models. This interesting fact is explained by arguing that some aspects of percolation can be interpreted as a model for the success-breeds-success or cumulative advantage phenomenon. We claim, moreover, that the percolation model can be used as a model to study (generalised) bibliographies. This article shows how ideas and techniques studied and developed in informetrics and scientometrics can successfully be applied in other fields of science, and vice versa.

Date: 2000
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