Relations between the shape of a size-frequency distribution and the shape of a rank-frequency distribution

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Egghe, L ^a   Waltman, L ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rank frequency distribution; Shape; Size frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SHAPE; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 79951945342     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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