The individual author's publication---citation process: theory and practice

Authors:
Quentin L. Burrell
Affiliations:
Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and , Isle of Man, UK IM9 4EX
Venue:
Scientometrics
Year:
2014

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Abstract

The model proposed by Burrell (Information Processing and Management 28:637---645, 1992, Journal of Informetrics 1:16---25, 2007a) to describe the way that an individual author's publication/citation career develops in time is investigated further, the aim being to describe in more detail the form of the citation distribution and the way it evolves over time. Both relative and actual frequency distributions are considered. Theoretical aspects are developed analytically and graphically and then illustrated using small empirical data sets relating to some well-known informetrics scholars. Perhaps surprisingly, it is found that the distribution may well be approximated in some cases by a simple geometric distribution.