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The generalized Pareto distribution fitted to research outputs of countries

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It is shown that the generalized Pareto distribution gives a good fit to citable documents, citations above a threshold and also for the h-index of countries. The h-index has a finite second moment, while the citable documents and citations are extremely heavy tailed with the estimated index of citations less than one. The relationship derived between the h-index, citation and number of publications is also investigated and the model proposed by Glänzel confirmed empirically.

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van Zyl, J.M. The generalized Pareto distribution fitted to research outputs of countries. Scientometrics 94, 1099–1109 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-012-0798-2

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