Lotka's law reconsidered: The evolution of publication and citation distributions in scientific fields

Scientometrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-155

  Saam, Nicole J ^a   Reiter, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0000286869     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02457376     Document Type: Article

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