Citation analysis of master thesis on College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University

Abstract: Forty eight mastersdissertations from 8 fields in College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology during 2007-2009 were selected as the source of statistics. Applying bibliometrics method, this paper makes a preliminary statistic analysis of the quantities and types of citation as well as the chronological distributions of the quoted passages. The rules and characteristics of the references demanded by the postgraduates were discussed, and some suggestions for enhancing the acquisition and cataloging construction of the library were also presented. The problems need to be improved immediately were proposed in this paper.