24 Sep 2003
CS 6210 – Module 6
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Bradford’s Law of Scattering
¡ Journals in a field can be divided into three parts, each with about one-third of all articles:
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l 1) a core of a few journals,
l 2) a second zone, with more journals, and
l 3) a third zone, with the bulk of journals.
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¡The number of journals is __:__:__
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¡To think about: Why is this true?