Zipf's law and writings on LIS
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
Presents the results of a study conducted to find out the validity of Zipf's law related to the word length and the frequency of its uses in the case of library and information science literature. The results obtained from the analysis of six different samples obey Zipf's law in all the cases with small deviations. The result provided by the sample comprising about 5,800 words fits the law best with just one deviation. The main exception is found to be one-letter words.
Keywords
Bibliometrics, Library and information science literature, Zipf's law
Divisions
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Publication Title
Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science
Volume
3
Issue
1
Publisher
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya
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