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The rationalization of scientific library systems might be greatly facilitated by the application of Bradford's law, formulated more than twenty years ago.
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BROOKES, B. Bradford's Law and the Bibliography of Science. Nature 224, 953–956 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224953a0
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