[Sigmetrics] Need Help: Positioning the "Black Swan Theory" in Scientometrics

[Lietz, Haiko]

Good question!

I think that, in general, it's about power laws, and in particular, about self-organized criticality. Some takes:

Anthony F. J. van Raan
On Growth, Ageing, and Fractal Differentiation of Science
Scientometrics
February 2000, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp 347-362

L. Leydesdorff, P. Van Den Besselaar
Scientometrics and communication theory: Towards theoretically informed indicators
Scientometrics
January 1997, Volume 38, Issue 1, pp 155-174

Gregory G. Brunk
Swarming of innovations, fractal patterns, and the historical time series of US patents
Scientometrics
2003, Volume 56, Issue 1, pp 61-80

Amin Mazloumian, Young-Ho Eom, Dirk Helbing, Sergi Lozano, Santo Fortunato
How Citation Boosts Promote Scientific Paradigm Shifts and Nobel Prizes
PLOS
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018975

Happy to see more...

Haiko



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Dear All,

You may be aware that the black swan theory or theory of black swan events
is a metaphor that describes events of large magnitude that come as a
surprise, have a major effect, and are often inappropriately
rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

Such events, considered extreme outliers precipitate what is usually
termed "Silent Risk".

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Reference:

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Silent Risk, Descartes Publishing, 2015.

Please note that all DesCartes books and monographs are required to be
freely available in PDF form.

]

I am trying to locate references on factoring the "Black Swan Theory" in
the evolving gamut of Scientometrics.

Please help.

Warmest Regards




Gopal T V
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