(INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 2023-11-17) P, Vijayakumar; M, Vijayakumar
This work investigates the impact of citations to theses emanating through archives and
search engines such as Shodhganga, NDLTD, and others and compares them with Google
Scholar citation data. The study is quantitative and uses the Bibliometrics citation analysis
technique to evaluate references in the Scopus Database. The citation pattern of theses and
dissertations indexed in the database is compared with the citation frequency of the
repositories.The results show little correlation between the domain of ‘theses' output and its
cited records. As expected, Scopus and Google Scholar have no correlation regarding citation
frequencies. The findings help the authors understand the repositories' impact and provide
attention to the high-impact repository sites.