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Title: Measures of linear type lead to a characterization of Zipf functions
Authors: EGGHE, Leo 
ROUSSEAU, Ronald 
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: SPRINGER
Source: SCIENTOMETRICS, 121 (3) , p. 1707 -1715
Abstract: In this contribution we introduce the notion of a measure (or indicator) of linear type. Combining ideas related to power functions, in particular Zipf's function, and h-type indices, we come to a novel characterization of general power functions and Zipf's functions.
Notes: Rousseau, R (reprint author), Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.; Rousseau, R (reprint author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr R&D Monitoring ECOOM, Leuven, Belgium.; Rousseau, R (reprint author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept MSI, Leuven, Belgium.
leo.egghe@uhasselt.be; ronald.rousseau@uantwerpen.be
Other: Rousseau, R (reprint author), Univ Antwerp, Fac Social Sci, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr R&D Monitoring ECOOM, Leuven, Belgium, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept MSI, Leuven, Belgium. leo.egghe@uhasselt.be; ronald.rousseau@uantwerpen.be
Keywords: Zipf's law;h-index;g-index;Measures of linear type
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30881
ISSN: 0138-9130
e-ISSN: 1588-2861
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03257-y
ISI #: WOS:000495302900022
Rights: Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2019
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2020
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