Citation Analysis of Doctoral Theses in Chemistry: A Study of Tripura University
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The study is carried out to find out the different authorship pattern followed in the field of Chemistry by analysing citations from the doctoral theses. The theses submitted to the central library, Tripura University in the area of Chemistry were considered for the study. Theses submitted during 2007-2016 constitute the sample. For this time period, a total of 20 Chemistry theses were found in the library with 6214 citations. 311 citations per thesis were observed from the study. Journals were found to be the most cited type of documents followed by books. It is clearly evident that multi - authorship is dominant in the field of Chemistry with 5423 citations having a share of 87.27 %. Very high collaborative research activities were noticed in Chemistry literature from the study. It was revealed that 2 to 5 authors groups and 6 to 10 groups are more productive group of researchers compared to other research groups. It was shown from the dataset that the researchers in the field of Chemistry use more of recent studies than that of old ones.
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