Distribution of Citations in one Volume of a Journal

Citations to published scientific articles are regularly collected and processed, bringing about the impact factor and a large number of other bibliometric indicators. We interpret the set of citations collected during fixed period as a characteristic statistical distribution of citations, argue abo...

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Published inInterdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 227 - 237
Main Authors Protic, Antonio, Runje, Biserka, Stepanic, Josip
Format Journal Article Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Zagreb Croatian Interdisciplinary Society 01.01.2013
Hrvatsko interdisciplinarno društvo
Subjects
bibliometric indicator
Bibliometrics
citation
distribution function
Distribution functions
impact factor
Impact factors
Indicators
Scientific papers
sensitivity
Statistics
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Summary:Citations to published scientific articles are regularly collected and processed, bringing about the impact factor and a large number of other bibliometric indicators. We interpret the set of citations collected during fixed period as a characteristic statistical distribution of citations, argue about its properties and conjecture what statistical measures represent reliably such distributions. In that way we try to contribute to determining precisely the scope and level of suitability of impact factor if accompanied with a small set of additional indicators, all derived solely from the distribution function.
Bibliography:100638
ISSN:1334-4684
1334-4676
DOI:10.7906/indecs.11.2.5