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time to first citation: a standalone construct

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Scientometrics

the time from publication to a paper's first citation, modeled as a distribution that describes how quickly work is taken up.

In scientometrics, time to first citation refers to the time from publication to a paper's first citation, modeled as a distribution that describes how quickly work is taken up. This meaning comes from Egghe (2001) in Scientometrics.[1]

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distribution2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs scientometrics1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct work4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Egghe, L. (2001). A heuristic study of the first-citation distribution. Scientometrics, 50(2), 363-363. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010594228083

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