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Practical potentials of Bradford's law: a critical examination of the received view
2007
Journal of Documentation
Purpose -The purpose of this research is to examine the practical potentials of Bradford's law in relation to core-journal identification. Design/methodology/approach -Literature studies and empirical tests (Bradford analyses). Findings -Literature studies reveal that the concept of "subject" has never been explicitly addressed in relation to Bradford's law. The results of two empirical tests (Bradford analyses) demonstrate that different operationalizations of the concept of "subject" produce
doi:10.1108/00220410710743298
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