The nth-citation distribution and obsolescence

Quentin L. Burrell ()

Scientometrics, 2002, vol. 53, issue 3, No 3, 309-323

Abstract: Abstract The stochastic model proposed recently by the author to describe the citation process in the presence of obsolescence is further investigated to illustrate the nth-citation distribution and the distribution of the total number of citations. The particular case where the latent rate has a gamma distribution is analysed in detail and is shown to be able to agree well with empirical data.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1014816911511

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