Regularity in the time-dependent distribution of the percentage of never-cited papers: An empirical pilot study based on the six journals

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-146

  Hu, Zewen ^a,b   Wu, Yishan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citation distribution; Influencing factors; Journal; Negative exponential model; Percentage of uncited papers; Regularity in time dependent distribution

Indexed keywords

DROPS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEHICLE ROUTING;

CITATION DISTRIBUTION; INFLUENCING FACTORS; JOURNAL; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; REGULARITY IN TIME-DEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION;

PAPER;

EID: 84896989595     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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