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    A CITATION ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING LITERATURE CITED BY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF A.B.U ZARIA
    (1995) Ibrahim, Umar
    This study applied citation analysis to the literature of Engineering with the sole aim of determining the core of journals used by Post-graduate Engineering students of A.B.U., Zaria. The sample of the study consists of sixty (60) theses representing 90% of the total number of theses produced between 1985 to 1990. The Bradford law was applied to give a core of the literature cited. The study revealed a total of 2,270 citations with journals receiving the highest citation of 927 (40.4%) Six periodical titles were identified as core with a total of 203 (21.907.) citation. The study also revealed that the small core of journal emanate from one single body-American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The study confirmed Waldhart— (1973) revelation that Engineers with academic affiliation cite a significantly higher proportion of journals while Engineers with, non-academic affiliation are more of technical report.