Breadth and depth of citation distribution

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Highlights：

• 4D framework for citation distribution analysis are proposed.

• Easily computable indices, X, Y, and XY, are proposed.

• The index X represents the breadth of citation distribution.

• The index Y represents the depth of citation distribution.

• The index XY synthetically represents indices X and Y.

摘要

•4D framework for citation distribution analysis are proposed.•Easily computable indices, X, Y, and XY, are proposed.•The index X represents the breadth of citation distribution.•The index Y represents the depth of citation distribution.•The index XY synthetically represents indices X and Y.

论文关键词：Citation analysis,Bibliometrics,Citation distribution,X index,Y index,XY index

论文评审过程：Received 18 October 2013, Revised 24 September 2014, Accepted 16 December 2014, Available online 7 January 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2014.12.003