Theory and experimentation on the most-recent-reference distribution

Scientometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-387

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b   Ravichandra Rao, I K R ^a,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 0009830535     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014825113328     Document Type: Article

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