"Ambiguity" and scientometric measurement: A dissenting view

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1075-1080

  Burrell, Quentin L ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

AMBIGUITY; BIBLIOMETRICS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; INFORMETRICS; LOTKA-BRADFORD-ZIPF LAWS; SCIENTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0035475327     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.1168     Document Type: Article

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