Uncovering the dynamics of citations of scientific papers

Autor:	Golosovsky, Michael, Solomon, Sorin
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Physics - Physics and Society Computer Science - Digital Libraries
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We demonstrate a comprehensive framework that accounts for citation dynamics of scientific papers and for the age distribution of references. We show that citation dynamics of scientific papers is nonlinear and this nonlinearity has far-reaching consequences, such as diverging citation distributions and runaway papers. We propose a nonlinear stochastic dynamic model of citation dynamics based on link copying/redirection mechanism. The model is fully calibrated by empirical data and does not contain free parameters. This model can be a basis for quantitative probabilistic prediction of citation dynamics of individual papers and of the journal impact factor. Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.0343 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv