Tsallis q-exponential describes the distribution of scientific citations-a new characterization of the impact

Scientometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 205-218

  Anastasiadis, Aristoklis D ^a,b   de Albuquerque, Marcelo P ^b   de Albuquerque, Marcio P ^b   Mussi, Diogo B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citations; Complex systems; Nonextensive entropy; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952321961     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0023-0     Document Type: Article

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