title: [Law-making "pioneers" of scientometrics].
abstract: The three much cited laws of scientometrics are the laws of Bradford, Lotka and Zipf. The authors briefly review the scientific career of the men behind the names, and that how they discovered the laws named after them. An outline is also given of the scientific aftermath of the laws and of the oeuvre of their eponym.
authors.affiliation: Tudománypolitikai és Tudományelemzési Osztály, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Könyvtár és Információs Központ Budapest.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.affiliation: Könyvtár, Stockholmi Egyetem Stockholm, Svédország.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship / Q000266:history*; D015706:Bibliometrics / Q000266:history*; D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history*; D004526:Efficiency; D005060:Europe; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007998:Library Science / Q000266:history*; D008037:Linguistics / Q000266:history*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
keywords: Bradford-törvény; Bradford’s Law; Lotka-törvény; Lotka’s Law; Zipf-törvény; Zipf’s Law; scientometrics; tudománymetria