Title: Information Use Pattern of Researchers in Commerce: A Citation Analysis of Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract: (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)IntroductionInformation is produced every now and then across the globe, as a result of scientific, academic and industrial research. This new information is communicated to the users through scientific publications. This has led to the growth of literature. Along with the exponential growth of literature the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature and specialization in research have posed many problems both to the information seekers as well as information providers. The information seekers need more relevant information, at right time at reasonable cost. But in the midst of information overflow it is difficult to select a right source in their field of interest. But at the same time librarians as information providers find it difficult to get a perfect balance between the need of their users and ever growing, multidisciplinary and costly nature of information resources.Bibliometrics includes the study of the relationship among the documents. Typically these descriptions focus on constituent patterns involving authors, monographs, journals, subject, language, etc. Bibliometric techniques have extreme applications in sociological studies of science, information management, librarianship, history of science, science policy, etc. The techniques of bibliometrics vary from simple to complex in nature. The basic units of bibliometrics are all facets of written communication. Bibliometrics have established itself as a viable and distinctive technique for evaluation of science based on bibliographical and citation data.Citation analysis has been used in the assessment of scientific activity for decades. Librarians have used citation count to study the adequacy of collection of information materials. Economists and historians of science have looked upon publications and citation counts as indicators of productivity and eminence. The efficiency of the research group can be considered in terms of result generated from the research activity. This can be known through research publication such as articles, research papers, reports or theses. The quality o such publications can be known by analysing citations made by the paper itself and citations got by other authors. This can be done through citation analysis.According to Ravichandra Rao (1983, p.199) the main objective of the citation analysis are to evaluate and interpret citations received by articles, authors, institutions and other aggregates of scientific activities. It is also used as a tool for measuring communication links in the sociology of the science. So it is clear that the citation analysis helps to know the links among producers of scientific information with consumers of information and their inter relationship in further production of scientific information. This producers and consumers include institutions as well as institutes.The academic and scientific research is taking place across the globe both in Science and Social Science to find solutions to problems existing in each field. The Doctoral Studies Programme aims at training professionals and teachers in the skills and competences related to the systematic investigation of various issues and problems in the area of their study. At this level, the study is expected to provide new and original insights into the problem or the area under investigation. As a branch of Social Science there were many researches are taking place in Commerce in both practical and theoretical level. The University of Kerala is leading in the support and promotion of PhD research in commerce. Within the short span of more than a couple of decades the Department of Commerce, University of Kerala, awarded many PhD degrees in Commerce. Citation analysis as a tool for planning of library and information centre this study aims at measuring the information needs and usage of researchers at the department by counting their citations for a period of ten years. …
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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