1. Citation Analysis of PhD Theses in Sociology Submitted to University of Delhi during 1995-2010.
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Singh, K. P. and Bebi
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CITATION analysis , *SOCIOLOGY education (Higher) , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *INFORMATION resources - Abstract
The paper presents citation analysis of PhD theses submitted in the discipline of sociology of the University of Delhi during 1995-2010. The study is based on the 5766 citations taken out from 25 PhD theses of sociology. The study presents analysis of several parameters like authorship pattern, forms of literature, country-wise scattering of citations, distribution of Indian and foreign citations and a ranked list of top 30 cited sociology journals. The study finds that highest number of citations was single authored (83.94 %), and 67.23 % citations were from books and only 22.20 % citations were from journals. The country-wise scattering of citations reveals that 2536 (45.52 %) citations were from India and it was followed by USA and UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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