A bibliometric analysis of doctoral dissertations about the Internet in Spanish universities (1996-2011)

Abstract This is a descriptive study about doctoral dissertations on the Internet which have been defended in Spanish universities between 1996 and 2011. The main source of information has been the Teseo database of the Ministry of Education, whose information has been completed with other sources. The total number of dissertations produced during the studied period was 1,020. Bibliometric analysis techniques have been used in order to analyze the data. Production is analyzed for PhD candidate genre, time period, theses language, topic, universities and departments, theses advisors and examination board members. These data are compared with those obtained by Fuentes and Arguimbau when studying the total production of doctoral dissertations in Spain. Results show that the doctoral dissertations have been produced in 62 different universities. Social Sciences and Law is the knowledge area with the highest number of thesis. Finally, there are an important number of doctoral dissertations which have been co-directed.摘要 本研究为描述性研究，对象为1996至2011年间于西班牙各大学完成答辩的互联网公开博士学位论文。本次研究的核心信息源为西班牙教育部的Teseo数据库（Teseo database），并通过其他数据源对该数据库的信息进行了补充完善。研究周期内累计产出的博士学位论文总数为1020篇。研究采用文献计量分析技术对采集到的数据展开分析，从博士研究生类别、时间维度、学位论文语种、研究主题、所属高校与院系、指导教师及答辩委员会成员等多个维度，对博士学位论文的产出情况进行剖析。本研究将所得数据与Fuentes和Arguimbau在西班牙博士学位论文总产出研究中获取的数据进行对比。结果显示，本次涉及的博士学位论文分别来自62所不同的高校；社会科学与法学是产出学位论文数量最多的知识领域。最后，本次研究样本中存在相当数量采用联合指导方式完成的博士学位论文。