CITATIONS OF ORTHOPEDIC P.G DISSERTATIONS: AN OBSOLESCENCE STUDY
Keywords:
Medicine, Orthopaedic literature, Obsolescence studies, M.S. Orthopaedic holders.Abstract
The obsolescence of an article, how its use declines as it ages, has long been a central element of bibliometric studies (the fields of subject, the number of citations and their distribution by types of sources and years) of 69 theses and dissertations completed at J.J.M Medical College, Davanagere between 1980 and 2012. In these dissertations 2939 citations were referred and average number of citations per dissertations was 42.55% and it covers chronological distribution, authorship pattern, obsolescence, geographical distribution, language wise distribution and subject wise breakup of citations literature.
