云南农业大学硕士研究生论文引文分析

 用文献计量学方法对1984～1993年10年间云南农业大学招收硕士研究生所做论文的引文进行统计分析.结果表明,53篇论文的总引文量为2436篇,平均引文量为45.96篇,其中,中文占总引文量的54.64%,外文占45.36%.在引文中,期刊利用率最高,依次为图书、特种文献.引文量理论分布呈偏态.80年代的中、外文文献是论文写作的情报源,在年代分布上,外文文献衰减速度明显缓于中文文献.

The Analysis of Citations on M.Sc.Theses of Yunnan Agriculture University

The citations in M Sc theses of Yunnan Agriculture University from 1984 to 1993 were analyzed using the methods of literature measurements.The results showed that there were 2 436 reference papers in fifty-three Msc theses.On average each thesis cited 45 96 references including Chinese references,accounted for 54 64 % of the total and foreign languages references accounted for 45.36 %. Among the citations,the top ratio of literature cited was journals,the second was books,and the third was special literature.The theoretic distribution of citations presented the skew distribution.Both Chinese and foreign language literature published in 1980s were the main information source in the aspect of writting theses.As to the years of literature cited,the decreasing ratio of foreign language literature was much lower than that of Chinese literature.