The exact place of Zipf's and Pareto's law amongst the classical informetric laws

L. Egghe

doi:10.1007/bf02018147

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Scientometrics

Volume/Issue:: Volume 20: Issue 1

The exact place of Zipf's and Pareto's law amongst the classical informetric laws

Author: L. Egghe

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¹ LUC Universitaire Campus B-3590 Diepenbeek (Belgium) Universitaire Campus B-3590 Diepenbeek (Belgium)
² UIA Universiteitsplein 1 B-2610 Wilrijk (Belgium) Universiteitsplein 1 B-2610 Wilrijk (Belgium)

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02018147

Page Count:: 93–106

Publication Date:: 26 Jan 1991

Online Publication Date:: 13 Aug 2005

Article Category:: Research Article

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Abstract

In this paper, the special place of Zipf's law and Pareto's law amongst other classical informetric laws (such as Bradford's graphical and verbal law, Weber-Fechner's or Brookes', Leimkuhler's and Mandelbrot's) is revealed and explained. Equivalencies amongst some of these laws are proved. We also determine the conditions under which Bradford's graphical law is a special case of Bradford's verbal law.