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03/04/2024 | Incher | Publikationen

Which sorts of dissertations are more effective in disseminating results? Find the answer in the new article by Asanov et al.

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.

Anastasiya-Mariya Asanov, Igor Asanov, Guido Buenstorf, Valon Kadriu, and Pia Schoch address the question how the knowledge documented in dissertations is disseminated. They use a random sample of dissertations at German universities in economics, political science and sociology.

The authors find that "cumulative" dissertations - that is, dissertations consisting of a series of individual articles - are turned into three times more publications which receive three times more citations than monographic dissertations. Also, dissertations written in English and empirical dissertations have a higher publication success. The article concludes that a policy that allows doctoral students to write their dissertations in a cumulative format provides them with the opportunity to share the results of their research through publication in peer-reviewed journals.

...cumulative dissertations lead to a higher number of publications in peer-reviewed journals

Open access to the Scientometric article

Asanov, AM., Asanov, I., Buenstorf, G. et al. Patterns of dissertation dissemination: publication-based outcomes of doctoral theses in the social sciences. Scientometrics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-04952-1