Scientific-metric analysis of structure and age of references in the Soviet and foreign journals on neuropathology, neurosurgery and psychiatry
Nakhapetov, B.A.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 89(12): 82-86
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 2699142 Document Number: 332762
A scientometric analysis was performed on bibliographical references of the articles published in two Soviet and two foreign (British and Romanian) journals on neuropathology, neurosurgery and psychiatry in 1983. The averaged ages of references were different in different journals and different specialties. Both were related to the country from which the referenced works originated. Two variants of distribution curves were determined for reference ages dependent on different rate of development of the disciplines in various countries.