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Citation study data: Psychology

[Reference study data: Psychology]


Actual Psychology citations

Total citations, N

2,779

Citations less than 51yrs old

2,763

modal age, t*

4

Umax = u(t*)

9.61%

mean age, µ

10.06

Skew

1.62

Kurtosis

364.28

lower quartile age

5

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

130.33473

17.15264

Pearson's r

0.9776

0.8107

Pearson's r²

0.9558

0.6572

Alienation

0.0442

0.3428

error ratio (L:C)

7.5985

Psychology citation distributions, as a function of age

t

u(t)

y(t)

R(t)

actual count

0

0.576%

0.547%

5.309%

16

1

3.203%

4.012%

5.175%

89

2

4.678%

6.006%

5.040%

130

3

5.434%

7.017%

4.906%

151

4

9.608%

7.382%

4.772%

267

5

7.953%

7.334%

4.637%

221

6

8.600%

7.033%

4.503%

239

7

6.477%

6.585%

4.368%

180

8

6.657%

6.064%

4.234%

185

9

6.261%

5.517%

4.100%

174

10

5.470%

4.974%

3.965%

152

11

3.490%

4.454%

3.831%

97

12

3.922%

3.966%

3.697%

109

13

3.598%

3.518%

3.562%

100

14

2.915%

3.110%

3.428%

81

15

2.591%

2.742%

3.293%

72

16

2.159%

2.413%

3.159%

60

17

1.763%

2.120%

3.025%

49

18

1.763%

1.860%

2.890%

49

19

0.756%

1.630%

2.756%

21

20

1.259%

1.428%

2.621%

35

21

1.151%

1.250%

2.487%

32

22

0.756%

1.093%

2.353%

21

23

1.331%

0.955%

2.218%

37

24

0.432%

0.835%

2.084%

12

25

1.080%

0.730%

1.949%

30

26

0.540%

0.637%

1.815%

15

27

0.504%

0.556%

1.681%

14

28

1.223%

0.486%

1.546%

34

29

0.324%

0.424%

1.412%

9

30

0.576%

0.370%

1.278%

16

31

0.504%

0.323%

1.143%

14

32

0.216%

0.282%

1.009%

6

33

0.180%

0.246%

0.874%

5

34

0.072%

0.215%

0.740%

2

35

0.324%

0.188%

0.606%

9

36

0.108%

0.164%

0.471%

3

37

0.180%

0.143%

0.337%

5

38

0.108%

0.125%

0.202%

3

39

0.072%

0.109%

0.068%

2

40

0.072%

0.095%

-0.066%

2

41

0.036%

0.083%

-0.201%

1

42

0.000%

0.072%

-0.335%

0

43

0.072%

0.063%

-0.470%

2

44

0.180%

0.055%

-0.604%

5

45

0.000%

0.048%

-0.738%

0

46

0.072%

0.042%

-0.873%

2

47

0.000%

0.037%

-1.007%

0

48

0.036%

0.032%

-1.141%

1

49

0.036%

0.028%

-1.276%

1

50

0.108%

0.024%

-1.410%

3

totals

0.99424

0.99424

0.99424

2763

Breakdown by format

Conceptual format

  Physical format

a

20.04%

9

48.58%

b

0.68%

8

3.45%

c

6.62%

subtotal

52.03%

f

0.00%

7

18.10%

g

1.15%

6

0.43%

h

0.43%

subtotal

18.53%

i

0.00%

5

0.50%

subtotal

28.93%

4

2.59%

d

65.78%

3

0.97%

e

0.36%

2

10.58%

subtotal

66.14%

1

9.57%

j

0.00%

0

5.22%


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