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Bradford's law

Summary

Bradford's law is a scientific law[1]. It draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_law category, ranking #21 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bradford's law's instance of is recorded as scientific law[3].
  • Samuel C. Bradford is named after Bradford's law[4].
  • Bradford's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gt1z[5].
  • Bradford's law's used by is recorded as bibliometrics[6].
  • Bradford's law's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as bradfordsLaw[7].
  • Bradford's law's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000000441[8].
  • Bradford's law's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776443178[9].
  • Bradford's law's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 129548[10].
  • Bradford's law's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 408618[11].
  • Bradford's law's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as Memex[12].

Why It Matters

Bradford's law draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_law category, ranking #21 of 30).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

bibliometrics Samuel C. Bradford

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Wikibase TDKIV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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