Sitations: an exploratory study
DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))Published 1 January 1997Open access
Ronald Rousseau
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It is shown that the Lotka function provides an adequate description and the percentage of self-sitations is also determined.
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We investigate the distribution of domain names and the distribution of links \nbetween web sites. It is shown that the Lotka function provides an adequate \ndescription. The percentage of self-sitations is also determined.
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