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Book Citations in PhD Science Dissertations: An Examination of Commercial Book Publishers' Influence

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This case study examines the book citations of PhD dissertations from the City University of New York (CUNY).The study spans a ten-year period from 2008-2017 and includes 9,307 book citations sourced from 916 dissertations.Book citations were chosen from seven science subjects.Publishers were identified in order to examine trends and quantify the role of commercial publishers in book selections used to support dissertation research.

Source: Library trends

DOI: 10.1353/lib.2018.0037

Author: Ryan L. Phillips

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: City University of New York, Graduate Center

OpenAlex ID: W2913230688

FWCI: 1.717

Cites: 44

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10