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Time dependencies of Bradford distributions are investigated for 19th-century mathematics and for 20th-century logic. To facilitate comparisons, for the representation of empirical Bradford distributions “Pareto's law” and Lorenz diagrams are used. It is shown that the character of a Bradford distribution (including the “core zone” and the “Groos droop”) depends on the stage in the development of a scientific field and that it varies with the time-span considered.
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Wagner-Döbler, R. Time dependencies of Bradford distributions: Structures of journal output in 20th-century logic and 19th-century mathematics. Scientometrics 39, 231–252 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458528
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