Fig. 8

The best fit of the model describes the future evolution of the number of citations well. The upper panel corresponds to the decision (by merits and just satisfaction) in the case Boyle and Rice V. the United Kingdom (1988) ; the lower panel corresponds to the decision in the case Edoardo Palumbo V. Italy (2001). The black dots correspond to the number of citations of the decision up to 80% of its total age, the red dots correspond to the remaining 20%, that were not used in the fit. The black curve with gray region correspond to the best fit of the 80% of the months along with the extrapolated 20%, showing an overall excellent predictive power