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(A) Probability distribution P(c) of citations c to publications from 1990 for several academic institutions. (B) The same data rescaled by average number of citations 〈c〉. The data for different institutions seem to follow the same scaling function. It fits very well to a lognormal function for most of its range, with μ = −0.73 ± 0.02, σ = 1.29 ± 0.02. The largest citations do not follow the lognormal behavior, and seem to follow a power law: c−α, with α = 2.8 ± 0.2.
Probability distribution P(c) of citations c rescaled by average number of citations 〈c〉 to publications from 4 different years (1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) for several academic institutions. For any institution, the data for different years seem to follow the same distribution.
Probability distribution P(c) of citations c rescaled by average number of citations 〈c〉 to publications from from 4 different years (1980, 1990, 2000, 2010) for several academic journal. For any journal, the data for different years seem to follow the same distribution.
Reference
Citation: The PLOS ONE staff (2016) Correction: Universality of Citation Distributions for Academic Institutions and Journals. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148863. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148863
Published: February 5, 2016
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