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A comment on “Testing the Ortega Hypothesis: Facts and Artifacts” by M. H. MACROBERTS and B. R. MACROBERTS,Scientometrics, 12 (1987) 293.

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Snizek, W.E. In search of influence: The testing of the Ortega hypothesis. Scientometrics 12, 311–314 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016670

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