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Bradford's Law of Scattering - College Essays

Bradford's Law of Scattering

Bradford's Law of Scattering

Also called the Law of Scatter and Bradford's Distribution.

S(amuel) C(lement) Bradford proposed a formula that described this phenomenon: on any one subject, a few group of core journals will provide 1/3 of the articles on that subject, a medium number of less-core journals will provide another 1/3 of the articles on that subject, and a large number peripheral journals will provide the final 1/3 of the articles on that subject.

For example, if you did a literature search on the topic of library service to the visually handicapped and you found 300 citations, according to Bradford Law of Scattering you'd discover that 100 of those citations came from a ...

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