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Citation study data: History

[Reference study data: History]


Actual History citations

Total citations, N

986

Citations less than 51yrs old

844

modal age, t*

4

Umax = u(t*)

7.40%

mean age, µ

14.95

Skew

1.11

Kurtosis

503.98

lower quartile age

5

median age

11

upper quartile age

22

undated citations

4.67%

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

69.8822

39.8730

Pearson's r

0.8425

0.6994

Pearson's r²

0.7098

0.4891

Alienation

0.2902

0.5109

error ratio (L:C)

1.7526

History citation distributions, as a function of age

t

u(t)

y(t)

R(t)

actual count

0

0.304%

0.343%

3.623%

3   

1

1.217%

2.306%

3.545%

12   

2

4.310%

3.421%

3.467%

42.5

3

5.122%

4.005%

3.389%

50.5

4

7.404%

4.257%

3.312%

73   

5

3.854%

4.307%

3.234%

38   

6

2.738%

4.234%

3.156%

27   

7

4.665%

4.090%

3.078%

46   

8

4.057%

3.908%

3.000%

40   

9

2.130%

3.706%

2.922%

21   

10

5.122%

3.498%

2.845%

50.5

11

2.941%

3.291%

2.767%

29  

12

2.028%

3.090%

2.689%

20  

13

2.130%

2.897%

2.611%

21  

14

3.347%

2.713%

2.533%

33   

15

3.803%

2.539%

2.456%

37.5

16

2.181%

2.375%

2.378%

21.5

17

1.775%

2.221%

2.300%

17.5

18

0.845%

2.076%

2.222%

8.3

19

0.203%

1.941%

2.144%

2   

20

0.845%

1.814%

2.066%

8.3

21

2.874%

1.696%

1.989%

28.3

22

0.507%

1.585%

1.911%

5   

23

2.130%

1.481%

1.833%

21   

24

1.420%

1.385%

1.755%

14   

25

0.811%

1.294%

1.677%

8   

26

2.181%

1.209%

1.600%

21.5

27

0.609%

1.130%

1.522%

6   

28

1.217%

1.056%

1.444%

12   

29

0.710%

0.987%

1.366%

7   

30

0.609%

0.922%

1.288%

6   

31

2.130%

0.862%

1.211%

21   

32

1.369%

0.806%

1.133%

13.5

33

0.507%

0.753%

1.055%

5   

34

0.304%

0.704%

0.977%

3   

35

1.318%

0.658%

0.899%

13   

36

0.152%

0.615%

0.821%

1.5

37

0.203%

0.574%

0.744%

2   

38

0.558%

0.537%

0.666%

5.5

39

0.203%

0.502%

0.588%

2   

40

0.101%

0.469%

0.510%

1   

41

0.710%

0.438%

0.432%

7   

42

0.203%

0.409%

0.355%

2   

43

0.254%

0.383%

0.277%

2.5

44

0.406%

0.358%

0.199%

4   

45

0.101%

0.334%

0.121%

1   

46

0.101%

0.312%

0.043%

1   

47

0.406%

0.292%

-0.035%

4   

48

1.268%

0.273%

-0.112%

12.5

49

0.456%

0.255%

-0.190%

4.5

50

0.710%

0.238%

-0.268%

7   

totals

0.85548

0.85547

0.85548

843.5

Breakdown by format

 Conceptual format

 Physical format

a

50.41%

9

15.01%

b

3.25%

8

3.80%

c

15.52%

subtotal

18.81%

f

0.61%

7

55.78%

g

3.14%

6

0.00%

h

1.72%

subtotal

55.78%

i

0.00%

5

0.10%

subtotal

74.65%

4

1.22%

d

21.81%

3

0.56%

e

3.55%

2

4.46%

subtotal

25.35%

1

18.86%

j

0.00%

0

0.20%


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