Lognormal distribution of citation counts is the reason for the relation between Impact Factors and Citation Success Index

Zhesi Shen, Liying Yang, Jinshan Wu. Lognormal distribution of citation counts is the reason for the relation between Impact Factors and Citation Success Index. J. Informetrics, 12(1):153-157, 2018. [doi]

@article{ShenYW18,
  title = {Lognormal distribution of citation counts is the reason for the relation between Impact Factors and Citation Success Index},
  author = {Zhesi Shen and Liying Yang and Jinshan Wu},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1016/j.joi.2017.12.007},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.12.007},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/ShenYW18},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {J. Informetrics},
  volume = {12},
  number = {1},
  pages = {153-157},
}