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We explain what is citation analysis and which role it plays in the research of power-law statistical distributions, complex networks, and bibliometrics.

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  1. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Michael Golosovsky

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Golosovsky, M. (2019). Introduction. In: Citation Analysis and Dynamics of Citation Networks. SpringerBriefs in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28169-4_1

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