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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC COUPLING BETWEEN TECHNICAL PAPERS

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1962

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A single item of reference shared by two papers is defined as a unit of coupling between them. Based on this unit, two graded criteria of coupling are defined. These are applied to a test population of papers to generatepers, by M. M. Kessler. 21 Nov 61, rev. 15 June 62, 10p. incl. tables, 3 refs. (In cooperation with National Science Foundatio ) Unclassified report DESCRIPTORS: *Scientific reports, Documenta tion, Statistical analysis, Periodicals.A single item of reference shared by two papers is defined as a unit of coupling between them. Based on this unit, two graded criteria of coupling are defined. These are applied to a test population of papers to generate smaller related groups. The process was tested manually with results that encourage mdy of bibliographic coupling between technical papers.