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Citation analysis of physics journals: Comparison of subfields of physics

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In this study, half-life, citation degree, form dispersion and title dispersion of physic journals were investigated, and they were compaired in each subfield with those in other subfields.

The results from this study were that, on the whole, in physics the most preferred medium for physicists is the “journal”; however, in the subfields in which large experimental or observational devices are used, the use of “reports” and “letter journals” is going to increase.

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  1. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Keio University, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Midorikawa, N. Citation analysis of physics journals: Comparison of subfields of physics. Scientometrics 5, 361–374 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02134324

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