Distributions of citations of papers of individual authors publishing in different scientific disciplines: Application of Langmuir-type function

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Highlights：

• Citation distributions of papers of authors working in different fields are studied.

• Langmuir-type (LT) function describes citation distributions satisfactorily.

• Parameters K, Nc and α of LT function are mutually related.

• Quantity KNc = (KNc)0/(α − 1) where proportionality constant (KNc)0 < 1.

• Value of constant (KNc)0 is related to the nature of sources of items (citations).

摘要

•Citation distributions of papers of authors working in different fields are studied.•Langmuir-type (LT) function describes citation distributions satisfactorily.•Parameters K, Nc and α of LT function are mutually related.•Quantity KNc = (KNc)0/(α − 1) where proportionality constant (KNc)0 < 1.•Value of constant (KNc)0 is related to the nature of sources of items (citations).

论文关键词：Citation analysis,Citation distribution,Langmuir-type function

论文评审过程：Received 25 August 2014, Revised 23 September 2014, Accepted 30 September 2014, Available online 25 October 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.09.009