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Table 5 Distributional properties of the time lag until first citation when this is a self-citation

From: Community structure in co-inventor networks affects time to first citation for patents

 

\(\overline {\Delta {t}_{1}}\)

\(\widetilde {\Delta {t}_{1}}\)

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\text {Mo}_{\Delta {t}_{1}}\)

Using all raw data from empirical distribution

19.9

17

0

With Δt1=0 peak adjusted by interpolation

21.7±0.9

19.4±0.7

15.0±0.9

With Δt1=0 peak removed

21.6±0.9

19.4±0.7

15.2±0.9

  1. The mean (\(\overline {\Delta {t}_{1}}\)), median (\(\widetilde {\Delta {t}_{1}}\)), and modal (\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\text {Mo}_{\Delta {t}_{1}}\)) values derived directly from the empirically observed distribution are shown alongside corresponding values obtained when the high peak at Δt1=0 is replaced by the average of probabilities observed for Δt1=±2 months or completely removed