THE FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF LEGAL DECISION CITATIONS IN THE GERMAN JURISDICTION

Authors
WAGNERDOBLER R
Citation
R. Wagnerdobler, THE FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF LEGAL DECISION CITATIONS IN THE GERMAN JURISDICTION, Scientometrics, 29(1), 1994, pp. 15-26
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Scientometrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01389130
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
15 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0138-9130(1994)29:1<15:TFOLDC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This investigation has three aims: 1. To direct the attention of scien tometrics to the widespread use of citation indexes by practising lawy ers. The analysis of this practice is of special value for comparative studies in scientometrics and informetrics. 2. To examine the frequen cy distribution of legal decision citations in the German jurisdiction . 3. To test whether these frequency distributions depend exclusively on the density of citations between documents of a database, as stated by D. Price.