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ERIC Number: EJ376511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Higher Education Literature.
Budd, John M.
Research in Higher Education, v28 n2 p180-90 1988
The bibliometric "laws" formulated by Bradford and Lotka are applied to citations in papers on higher education, with results suggesting that the concepts of the laws may have applicability to examination of the discipline. This kind of examination has implications for the means by which scholarship is communicated. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Literature Reviews, Periodicals, Productivity, Scholarship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bradford Law of Scatter; Lotka Law of Scientific Productivity