Stephen J. Bensman -Papers on Bradford's (1934), Urquhart's (1958), and Garfield's (1971) LawsBensman, Stephen J. "Distributional Differences of the Impact Factor in the Sciences Versus the Social Sciences: An Analysis of the Probabilistic Structure of the 2005 Journal Citation Reports" Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIST) 59(9):1366–1382, 2008.Bensman S.J. "Garfield and the Impact Factor" Annual Review of Information Science and Technology Vol: 41, p.93-155, 2007. Editor B. Cronin. Bensman SJ. "Garfield
and the Impact Factor: The creation, utilization, and validation of a citation
measure" Part 2, The Probabilistic, Statistical, and Sociological Bases
of the Measure -
Bensman, Stephen J. " Urquhart's
Law: Probability and the Management of Scientific and Journal Collections
- Part 1.The Law’s Initial Formulation and Statistical Bases" Science
& Technology Libraries, Vol. 26(1): 31-68, 2005
Bensman, Stephen J. "Urquhart’s Law: Probability and the Management of Scientific and Technical Journal Collections: Part 2. Probability in the Development and Management of a Central Document Delivery Collection" Science & Technology Libraries, Vol. 26(2): 5-32, February 2005. Bensman, Stephen J. "Urquhart’s Law: Probability and the Management of Scientific and Technical Journal Collections: Part 3. The Law’s Final Formulation and Implications for Library Systems" Science & Technology Libraries, Vol. 26(2): 33-70, February 2005. Bensman, Stephen J. " Urquhart and probability: The transition from librarianship to library and information science " Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 56 (2): 189-214.2004. Bensman, Stephen J. " Urquhart’s and Garfield’s Laws: The British controversy over their validity " Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 52 (9): 714-724. 2001. Bensman, Stephen J. "Bradford's Law and Fuzzy Sets: Statistical Implications for Library Analyses" International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) Journal 27(4): 238-246, 2001. Bensman, Stephen J. " Probability distributions in library and information science: A historical and practitioner viewpoint. " Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) 51 (9): 816-833. 2000. Bensman, Stephen J., and Stanley J. Wilder. "Scientific and technical serials holdings optimization in an inefficient market: A LSU Serials Redesign Project exercise " Library Resources & Technical Services 42 (3): 147-242, 1998. Bensman SJ. “Journal Collection Management as a Cumulative Advantage Process” College & Research Libraries 46(1):13-29, January 1985 Eugene Garfield's Essays on Bradford's Law, Garfield's Law of Concentration, and Garfield's ConstantHow Laboratory Explosions Led Me to Document the Information Explosionhttp://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/chemheritage18(3)fall2000.html Is the Ratio Between Number of Citations and Publications Cited a True
Constant?
The mystery of the transposed journal lists --- wherein Bradford's Law
of Scattering is generalized according to Garfield's Law of Concentration
Bradford's Law and Related Statistical Patterns
Citation studies indicate that two copies may be cheaper than one!
Copyright Revision Bill requires priority action to meet needs of the
Information Revolution.
Random Thoughts on Citationology. Its Theory and Practice, Scientometrics,
43(1): 69-76, 1998
Too Many Journals? Nonsense!
The Design and Production of a Citation Index
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