This study examines the changes that occurred in its publication and citation patterns during the forty years from 1939 through 1979. Data are generally described in terms of eight five-year periods, and the findings of this study are compared with the results of similar studies of various subject literatures. An overall trend toward greater adherence to the norms of scholarly publication in other disciplines was observed.
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Gloria S. Cline (1982) studied this question.