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Citation study data: Education

[Reference study data: Education]


Actual Education citations

Total citations, N

4,659

Citations less than 51yrs old

4,587

modal age, t*

6

Umax = u(t*)

7.62%

mean age, µ

10.33

Skew

1.80

Kurtosis

493.49

lower quartile age

4

median age

8

upper quartile age

13

undated citations

0.11%

Best line vs good curve

The line of best fit is R(t) =A + B.t where

The chosen Barnett curve is y(t) =a.(e^(-bt+d) - e^(-ct)) where

and therefore, for this mathematical model,

Comparison of errors

.

Line,  R(t)

Barnett curve,  y(t)

error factor

108.0608

11.8259

Pearson's r

0.9827

0.8278

Pearson's r²

0.9657

0.6852

Alienation

0.0343

0.3148

error ratio (L:C)

9.1377

Education citation distributions, as a function of age

t

u(t)

y(t)

R(t)

actual count

0

0.258%

0.271%

5.197%

12   

1

3.338%

3.948%

5.067%

155.5

2

7.351%

5.984%

4.936%

342.5

3

7.062%

6.966%

4.805%

329  

4

6.697%

7.282%

4.675%

312  

5

5.709%

7.190%

4.544%

266  

6

7.620%

6.858%

4.413%

355  

7

6.031%

6.397%

4.283%

281  

8

6.300%

5.877%

4.152%

293.5

9

5.527%

5.341%

4.021%

257.5

10

6.300%

4.817%

3.891%

293.5

11

4.443%

4.319%

3.760%

207  

12

4.808%

3.857%

3.629%

224  

13

3.112%

3.434%

3.498%

145  

14

3.617%

3.050%

3.368%

168.5

15

1.824%

2.704%

3.237%

85  

16

2.232%

2.394%

3.106%

104  

17

2.125%

2.117%

2.976%

99  

18

1.138%

1.871%

2.845%

53  

19

1.545%

1.653%

2.714%

72  

20

0.901%

1.459%

2.584%

42  

21

1.223%

1.288%

2.453%

57  

22

0.601%

1.137%

2.322%

28  

23

1.202%

1.003%

2.192%

56  

24

0.558%

0.884%

2.061%

26  

25

0.901%

0.780%

1.930%

42  

26

0.751%

0.688%

1.800%

35  

27

0.558%

0.607%

1.669%

26  

28

0.751%

0.535%

1.538%

35  

29

0.193%

0.472%

1.408%

9  

30

0.365%

0.416%

1.277%

17  

31

0.268%

0.367%

1.146%

12.5

32

0.236%

0.323%

1.015%

11  

33

0.258%

0.285%

0.885%

12  

34

0.086%

0.251%

0.754%

4  

35

0.300%

0.221%

0.623%

14  

36

0.343%

0.195%

0.493%

16  

37

0.236%

0.172%

0.362%

11  

38

0.279%

0.152%

0.231%

13  

39

0.343%

0.134%

0.101%

16  

40

0.086%

0.118%

-0.030%

4  

41

0.000%

0.104%

-0.161%

0  

42

0.129%

0.092%

-0.291%

6  

43

0.000%

0.081%

-0.422%

0  

44

0.064%

0.071%

-0.553%

3  

45

0.064%

0.063%

-0.683%

3  

46

0.107%

0.055%

-0.814%

5  

47

0.129%

0.049%

-0.945%

6  

48

0.043%

0.043%

-1.075%

2  

49

0.000%

0.038%

-1.206%

0  

50

0.429%

0.033%

-1.337%

20  

totals

0.98444

0.98444

0.98444

4586.5

Breakdown by format

  Conceptual format

  Physical format

a

34.04%

9

23.57%

b

1.57%

8

3.00%

c

16.66%

subtotal

26.57%

f

0.00%

7

48.70%

g

3.78%

6

0.64%

h

1.61%

subtotal

49.35%

i

2.96%

5

1.03%

subtotal

60.61%

4

1.35%

d

33.98%

3

0.93%

e

1.12%

2

6.32%

subtotal

35.09%

1

11.16%

j

0.13%

0

3.28%


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