In their Scientometrics article "Patterns of dissertation dissemination: publication‑based outcomes of doctoral theses in the social sciences" Anastasiya-Mariya Asanov, Igor Asanov, Guido Buenstorf, Valon Kadriu, and Pia Schoch investigate which dissertation characteristics and institutional factors are related to the number of journal publications based on these dissertations and the number of citations that these publications receive.