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universality of citation distributions: a standalone construct

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Bibliometrics

the finding that citation distributions from different fields collapse onto one curve once counts are divided by the field's average.

In bibliometrics, universality of citation distributions refers to the finding that citation distributions from different fields collapse onto one curve once counts are divided by the field's average. This meaning comes from Radicchi (2008) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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Radicchi, F., Fortunato, S., & Castellano, C. (2008). Universality of citation distributions: Toward an objective measure of scientific impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(45), 17268-17272. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806977105

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