Kuruppu, PU (Kuruppu, Pali U.); Moore, DC (Moore, Debra C.) Information Use by PhD Students in Agriculture and Biology: A Dissertation Citation Analysis PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY, 8 (4): 387-405 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: pkuruppu at iastate.edu 

Author(s): Kuruppu, PU (Kuruppu, Pali U.); Moore, DC (Moore, Debra C.) 

Title: Information Use by PhD Students in Agriculture and Biology: A 
Dissertation Citation Analysis 

Source: PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY, 8 (4): 387-405 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: COLLECTION; FIELD 

Abstract: This article reports the findings of a study conducted to 
examine the types of information used by graduate students in the fields 
of biological and agricultural sciences at Iowa State University (ISU). 
The citations of doctoral dissertations submitted in nine agriculture and 
biological science subject fields (crop production and physiology; 
molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; entomology; genetics; 
microbiology; plant breeding; plant pathology; plant physiology; and soil 
science) at ISU from 1997-2006 were analyzed. The article discusses the 
types and ages of resources cited in the different subject fields studied. 
The most cited journals in each discipline were identified, and the 
journal title dispersion was examined. 

Addresses: [Kuruppu, Pali U.; Moore, Debra C.] Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 
50011 USA 

Reprint Address: Kuruppu, PU, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011 USA. 

E-mail Address: pkuruppu at iastate.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 22 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS 

Publisher Address: JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES ST, 
BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4363 USA 

ISSN: 1531-2542 

29-char Source Abbrev.: PORTAL-LIBR ACAD 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Portal-Libr. Acad 

Source Item Page Count: 19 

Subject Category: Information Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 360B

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