Zipf's law and the diversity of biology newsgroups

Scientometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-257

  Kot, Mark ^a   Silverman, Emily ^b   Berg, Celeste A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 3142624988     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021971212438     Document Type: Article

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