Description
Return citation rate per supplied publication-year exposure.
Bibliographic records connect authors, versions, publication dates and locators through explicit identifiers. Literal comparisons and counts help reconcile those records but do not retrieve publications, authenticate sources or establish the quality or meaning of a citation.
Return citation rate per supplied publication-year exposure.
When to use this tool
Use Citation Age Normalized One Year Term when checking the stated bibliographic record, locator, date or counting convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter citations, publicationYear, censusYear, includePublicationYear. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read exposureYears, citationsPerYear. Use the output convention below.
Return citation rate per supplied publication-year exposure. Require nonnegative whole citations and positive censusYear-publicationYear plus optional inclusive year; divide count by that exposure.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| citations | Citations | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| publicationYear | Publication Year | Required. Safe integer. |
| censusYear | Census Year | Required. Safe integer. |
| includePublicationYear | Include Publication Year | Required. Boolean. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| exposureYears | Exposure Years | Required. Safe integer. |
| citationsPerYear | Citations Per Year | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"citations": 20,
"publicationYear": 2020,
"censusYear": 2025,
"includePublicationYear": false
},
"output": {
"exposureYears": 5,
"citationsPerYear": 4
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The year-counting convention is supplied; no citation retrieval, aging-model fitting or field-normalized impact is performed.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Inspect the original publications and authoritative metadata, and use complete identifier-aware reference management for scholarly attribution and evidence appraisal.
References
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