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Parameter identification of the observed citation distribution

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Based on the transfer function model of the observed citation distribution and the expression of the cumulative citation probability distribution, parameters of 12 citation distributions are identified from statistical data of age distributions of references of 10 journals in JCR using the parameter optimization fitting method. At same time, based on the steady state solution of differential equations of the publication delay process and data of publication delays of 10 journals, the publication delay parameters of every journal are identified using the fitting method. Identified parameters of every journal citation distribution are compared with the journal’s publication delay parameters and some valuable conclusions are deduced.

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  1. School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 17, Silin Street, NanGang, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, P. R. China

    Guang Yu & Yi-Jun Li

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Yu, G., Li, YJ. Parameter identification of the observed citation distribution. Scientometrics 71, 339–348 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1662-7

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