CITATION ANALYSIS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE DOCTORAL THESES SUBMITTED TO NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY, MEGHALAYA
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Citation analysis, Shodhganga, LIS, Doctoral theses, NEHUAbstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the citations appended to the twenty (20) Library and Information Science (LIS) doctoral theses submitted to North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) between 1994- 2018; available in the Shodhganga, a repository of Indian university electronic theses and dissertations. A total of 2,693 citations are examined on various parameters like cited bibliographic forms of literature, chronological distribution of the journal, and book citations, the half-life of journal and book citations, rank-list, the applicability of Bradford’s law. Journals received the highest number of citations among all bibliographic forms cited in LIS doctoral theses of NEHU from 1994 to 2018. The half-life of journal and book citations is 15.98 years and 20.06 years, respectively. College and Research Libraries is the most frequently cited journal in LIS doctoral theses at NEHU.
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