Stochastic modeling of citation slips
classification
❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn
physics.soc-ph
keywords
citationcitationsfrequencymisprintsstochasticconclusioncopieddata
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We present empirical data on frequency and pattern of misprints in citations to twelve high-profile papers. We find that the distribution of misprints, ranked by frequency of their repetition, follows Zipf's law. We propose a stochastic model of citation process, which explains these findings, and leads to the conclusion that 70-90% of scientific citations are copied from the lists of references used in other papers.
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