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Smyth, Joanne B. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
This study uses citation analysis to examine students' dissertations and theses in history, psychology, and education, noting changes in research practices since the introduction of electronic journals and other online sources. Some findings challenge earlier studies, showing that students are making greater use of journal backfiles and that this…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Journals, Internet, Humanities
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Pancheshnikov, Yelena – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
The study describes the methodology of a comparative citation analysis, discusses the results of its application to the analysis of published works and student theses at a single research university and evaluates the findings as a background for the management of a university library collection.
Descriptors: Library Materials, Research Universities, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
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Carter, Kyle R.; Swanson, H. Lee – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1990
The study identified the 25 most frequently cited articles on gifted education from 500 published between 1972 and 1988. Comparison of these articles with those not frequently cited found few differences. In comparison to other psychological/educational disciplines, gifted articles were cited much less frequently and used less sophisticated…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Hurt, C. D. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes a citation analysis of physics, engineering, and sociology literature which was designed to determine if there were any differences in conceptual referencing patterns. The research methodology is described and suggestions for further study are offered. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Engineering
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Broadus, Robert N. – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
Requests for published materials made over a two-year period by 79 research fellows in the humanities are analyzed by format, date of publication, subject, and language. The results of this study are compared with results of citation and library use studies, and discrepancies are noted. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Humanities
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van Raan, Anthony F. J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents a rejoinder on the commentaries regarding the author's focus article titled, "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure," structuring comments around a number of main topics discussed by the authors of the commentaries. The author presents technical issues…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Intervals, Statistical Significance, Citation Analysis
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Katz, J. Sylvan – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of Anthony F. J. van Raan's article titled, "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure." van Raan makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Medical Research, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Feller, Irwin – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure," by Anthony F. J. van Raan. The author states that van Raan's article provides an excellent, if tightly compressed, introduction to key findings and innovative methods of the accumulating and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Scientific Research, Citation Analysis, Researchers
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Bieber, Jeffery P.; Blackburn, Robert T. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
This study investigated changes in publishing opportunities by college/university faculty between 1972 and 1988 in three disciplines: biology, philosophy, and English. Changes in amount of publishing space available and numbers of individuals competing for that space indicated inflation rates for all three fields (especially biology) requiring…
Descriptors: Biology, Citation Analysis, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis