Structure and Dynamics of Scientific networks. Part II. The new Zipf's law, the clusters of co-citations and the model of the descriptor presence

Ruiz-Baños, Rosario and Bailón-Moreno, Rafael and Jiménez-Contreras, Evaristo Structure and Dynamics of Scientific networks. Part II. The new Zipf's law, the clusters of co-citations and the model of the descriptor presence. Scientometrics, 1999, vol. 44, n. 2, pp. 235-265. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Here, the quantitative theory of translation is shown to be of great utility in describing scientific networks. In fact, we deduce a new Zipf's Law for the descriptors of a set of documents, based on the concepts of centres of interest and of irreversible parallel translations. This new law can be generalized to other phenomena, such as the distribution of the sizes of cocitation clusters. Finally, we have established the model, for descriptor presence in a network, which closely fits the values recorded.

Spanish abstract

La teoría cuantitativa de la traducción resulta de gran utilidad en la descripción de las redes científicas.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Scientific network, Zipf´s Law, Cocitation clusters, Model of the descriptor presence, Qualitative study.
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HA. Periodicals, Newspapers.
Depositing user:	Rosa Sanz
Date deposited:	30 Nov 2009
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:15
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13849

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