Age-Specific Citation Rates and the Egghe-Rao Function.
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| Title: | Age-Specific Citation Rates and the Egghe-Rao Function. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Burrell, Quentin L. |
| Source: | Information Processing & Management. Sep 2003 39(5):761-770. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2003 |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | Age, Citations (References), Data Analysis, Failure, Information Processing, Information Sources, Models, Use Studies |
| ISSN: | 0306-4573 |
| Abstract: | Extends connections between retrospective citation age studies and reliability theory by considering the failure rate function from reliability, re-interpreted as the age-specific citation rate (ASCR). This is linked to earlier studies of retrospective citation distributions by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao who introduced a function claimed to correspond to what they termed the (discrete time) obsolescence or aging function. Analysis reveals their function is one whose behavior reflects ASCR. (Author/AEF) |
| Entry Date: | 2004 |
| Accession Number: | EJ678111 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Extends connections between retrospective citation age studies and reliability theory by considering the failure rate function from reliability, re-interpreted as the age-specific citation rate (ASCR). This is linked to earlier studies of retrospective citation distributions by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao who introduced a function claimed to correspond to what they termed the (discrete time) obsolescence or aging function. Analysis reveals their function is one whose behavior reflects ASCR. (Author/AEF) |
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| ISSN: | 0306-4573 |
