Although chemists are not generally known for their use of preprints in scholarship, there are new opportunities to share scholarship pre-publication with the 2017 launch of the <i>ChemRxiv </i>preprint server. In order to evaluate the use of these preprints in scholarship, this session will examine citation trends in the dissertations of PhD candidates who studied at the four University Centers of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, which is the largest comprehensive system of colleges and universities in the United States. Using citation analysis methodology, the chemistry librarians at the SUNY University Centers (University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo, and Stony Brook University) examine the references cited in PhD dissertations published between 2018-2021. The purpose of the research is to determine whether PhD candidates are utilizing preprint articles for their research, and if so, if there are any trends observable in the data. This research will also analyze how more traditional resources, such as articles and data sources, are being cited in the dissertations.

Trends analysis of citations in chemistry PhD dissertations at the SUNY University Centers

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