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    Search, retrieval & recommendation· 1976

    Relevance Weighting of Search Terms

    Stephen E. Robertson (first author) · 1976

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    DOI 10.1002/asi.4630270302OpenAlex W2043909051

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    Why it matters

    Developed probabilistic relevance weighting, a key intellectual foundation of BM25.

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    First released
    1976 (from OpenAlex)
    Citations
    2,093 citations, as counted by OpenAlex (CC0)
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    0.339 · computed rank 506 · consensus 0.61, must-read 0, citations percentile 0.444 (1970s · all domains), awards 0, existing lists 0. Method

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