Kushkowski JD, Parsons KA, Wiese WH "Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a longitudinal study" Portal-Libraries and the Academy 3(3):459-479 July 2003.

[Eugene Garfield]

Gualberto Buela-Casal : gbuela at ugr.es

TITLE    Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends
         of a longitudinal study
AUTHOR   Kushkowski JD, Parsons KA, Wiese WH
JOURNAL  PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY 3 (3): 459-479 JUL 2003

Document type: Article     Language: Spanish    Cited References: 59
Times Cited: 0      Explanation

Abstract:
This article reports the results of a longitudinal study of over 9100
citations from 629 master's and doctoral theses written between 1973 and
1992 at a large midwestern land-grant university. The results of this study
suggest that graduate students writing theses favor current research
regardless of disciplinary affiliation. The length of theses increased over
time and the number of citations in thesis bibliographies varied by
discipline. Implications of the results for collection development and
scholarship as well as areas for future research are discussed.

KeyWords Plus:
AUTHOR COCITATION ANALYSIS, DISSERTATION BIBLIOGRAPHIES, INFORMATION-
SCIENCE, LIBRARY, JOURNALS, PSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, NETWORKS, SERIALS, WEB

Addresses:
Kushkowski JD, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011 USA
Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011 USA

Publisher:
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS, JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES
ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4319 USA

IDS Number:
716PG

ISSN:
1531-2542