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In a series of often\u2010quoted papers (Bookstein, 1977<\/jats:ext-link>, 1990a<\/jats:ext-link>, 1990b<\/jats:ext-link>, 1997<\/jats:ext-link>), he has sought to demonstrate that \u201cLotka\u2010type\u201d laws have a unique resilience to various forms of reporting, which leads inevitably and naturally to their observance in empirical informetric data collected under a wide variety of circumstances. A general statement of his position was featured in the recent JASIST Special Topic Issue on Information Science at the Millennium (Bookstein, 2001<\/jats:ext-link>). We shall argue that there are grounds to dispute some of the logic, the mathematics, and the reality of the development. 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