A CITATION ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING LITERATURE CITED BY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF A.B.U ZARIA

dc.contributor.author	Ibrahim, Umar
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-31T09:20:34Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-31T09:20:34Z
dc.date.issued	1995
dc.description	Post-print Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8593
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	CITATION ANALYSIS,	en_US
dc.subject	ENGINEERING LITERATURE,	en_US
dc.subject	POST GRADUATE STUDENTS,	en_US
dc.subject	A.B.U ZARIA,	en_US
dc.title	A CITATION ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING LITERATURE CITED BY POST GRADUATE STUDENTS OF A.B.U ZARIA	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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