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Publication dynamics: Models and indicators

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Models and indicators characterizing the dynamics of national publication productivity distributions are presented. The indicator triplet: transience, renewal, and dynamism is used to describe the «physical shape» of a national scientific community.

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  1. Information Science and Scientometrics Research Unit (ISSRU), Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 7, H-1361, Budapest, (Hungary)

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Schubert, A., Glänzel, W. Publication dynamics: Models and indicators. Scientometrics 20, 317–331 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018161

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