A bibliometric distribution which really works
Journal of the American Society for Information SciencePublished 1 September 1985
H. S. Sichel
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The Generalized Inverse Gaussian‐Poisson Distribution is suggested as an all‐embracing mathematical model for bibliometric frequency distributions and Twelve examples are given which show that the new model cannot be rejected by virtue of an objective chi‐squared test.
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Abstract The Generalized Inverse Gaussian‐Poisson Distribution is suggested as an all‐embracing mathematical model for bibliometric frequency distributions. Twelve examples are given which show that the new model cannot be rejected by virtue of an objective chi‐squared test.
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