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Empirical Hyperbolic Distributions (Bradford‐Zipf‐Mandelbrot) for Bibliometric Description and Prediction
Abstract
Since 1960, and especially during the past three years, many papers have appeared about particular manifestations and applications of a certain class of empirical laws to a field that may be labelled conveniently ‘Bibliometrics’. This term, resuscitated by Alan Pritchard (see page 348), denotes, in my paraphrase, quantitative treatment of the properties of recorded discourse and behaviour appertaining to it.
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Metadata
- Authors
- FAIRTHORNE, R. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Documentation
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 1969-04-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 319-343
- ISSN
- 0022-0418 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2040610317
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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