A BIBLIOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION WHICH REALLY WORKS

被引:75
作者
SICHEL, HS
机构
[1] Univ of the Witwatersrand, Dep of, Statistics, Johannesburg, S. Afr, Univ of the Witwatersrand, Dep of Statistics, Johannesburg, S. Afr
来源
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE | 1985年 / 36卷 / 05期
关键词
PROBABILITY; -; Applications;
D O I
10.1002/asi.4630360506
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The Generalized Inverse Gaussian-Poisson Distribution is suggested as an all-embracing mathematical model for bibliometric frequency distributions. Twelve examples are given which show that the new model cannot be rejected by virtue of an objective chi-squared test.
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页码:314 / 321
页数:8
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