The functional relation between the impact factor and the uncitedness factor revisited

被引：16
作者：
Egghe, L. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Hasselt UHasselt, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
[2] Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
来源：
JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS | 2013年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词：
Impact factor; Uncitedness factor; Universal informetric law; Distribution dependent law; Parameter dependent law; HIRSCH-INDEX; LAW; MODEL; BENFORD; NUMBERS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.joi.2012.10.007
中图分类号：
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号：
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
We give a heuristic proof of the relation between the impact factor (IF) and the uncitedness factor (U), the fraction of the papers that are uncited: U = 1/1+IF This generalizes the proof of Hsu and Huang [Physica A 391, 2129-2134, 2012] who obtain the same result but based on the assumption of the validity of the Matthew-effect. This new informetric function opens the discussion on universal informetric laws, distribution dependent laws and parameter dependent laws of which examples from the informetrics literature are given. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：183 / 189
页数：7
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