Citation analysis of doctoral dissertations.

What is it about?

This study analyzes the citations of the 49 doctoral dissertations submitted at the Indian Institute of management, Ahmedabad, during the period 2004 to 2009. The study reveals that journals are the most cited sources, and based on the pattern of citations, a local ranking list of journals has been developed. The study applies Bradford's law to identify the groups of journals differentiated by their use. Results indicated that the top 48 journals that were ranked among the 30 most used journals contributed to more than 55% of the journal citations.

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