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An increasing number of scholarly journals and scientific papers are available in open access on ... more An increasing number of scholarly journals and scientific papers are available in open access on the journal’s websites (gold open access) and in repositories (green open access). Although both ways of achieving open access provide free access to end users, publishing costs still exist and are collected from a variety of sources, e.g. through article processing charges (APC) or crowdfunding (Spezi, Fry, Creaser, Probets and White, 2013). The idea of the open access model was to make high quality journals available to the widest possible public (BOAI, 2002) and the model today has many benefits for the scientific communication. Nevertheless, a deviation has developed recently. The deviation – the emergence of so-called predatory journals – threatens quality and reliability of scientific communication. Such journals attract authors with low APC fees, fast publication, and false indexation data (Beal, 2015; Jalalian, Mahboobi, 2014). Predatory journals and publishers promise quick peer...

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, May 9, 2022

Cilj. Cilj je rada istražiti poznavanje i korištenje akademskih društvenih mreža znanstvenika Sve... more Cilj. Cilj je rada istražiti poznavanje i korištenje akademskih društvenih mreža znanstvenika Sveučilišta u Zagrebu te utvrditi postoji li povezanost između znanstvenih područja i korištenja akademskih društvenih mreža. Sukladno cilju u radu su postavljena sljedeća istraživačka pitanja: jesu li znanstvenici iz pojedinih znanstvenih područja skloniji korištenju akademskih društvenih mreža te jesu li znanstvenici iz određenih znanstvenih područja skloniji korištenju pojedinih akademskih društvenih mreža više od ostalih?

Razvoj informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija utječe (i) na objavljivanje znanstvenih infor... more Razvoj informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija utječe (i) na objavljivanje znanstvenih informacija. Model otvorenoga pristupa znanstvenim informacijama općeprihvaćen je u globalnoj znanstvenoj zajednici jer su dokazane njegove brojne prednosti, poput veće vidljivosti i utjecaja. Kako bi se pokrili troškovi objavljivanja, razvijaju se i alternativni načini financiranja objavljivanja znanstvenih informacija, primjerice naplata troškova autorima. Međutim, javljaju se izdavači i časopisi koji upravo model otvorenoga pristupa i naplatu autorima iskorištavaju za vlastitu zaradu, ne kontrolirajući kvalitetu informacija koje objavljuju. Izdavači i časopisi koji objavljuju znanstvene radove koji nisu prošli postupak recenzije nazivaju se predatorskim časopisima (engl. predatory publishers) ili časopisima upitne kvalitete te im je jedini cilj zarada. Predatorski izdavači obećavaju brzu recenziju i objavljivanje znanstvenog rada, na svojim web stranicama često imaju navedena lažna uredniš...

Jedan od izazova koji posljednijih desetak godina zbog velikog broja znanstvenih časopisa i naglo... more Jedan od izazova koji posljednijih desetak godina zbog velikog broja znanstvenih časopisa i naglog razvoja informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije postaje sve veći kod znanstvenika je dvojba gdje objaviti rad, u kojoj znanstvenoj publikaciji, s obzirom na sve teže razlikovanje pouzdanih od nepouzdanih izvora. Otvoreni pristup donio je brojne prednosti za znanstvenike i razvoj znanosti. Međutim, s vremenom se pojavila anomalija koja narušava tradicionalan sustav znanstvene komunikacije – izdavači i časopisi upitne kvalitete objavljuju neprovjerene informacije ugrožavajući napredak znanosti. Otvoreni pristup donosi mnoge prednosti – znanstvene informacije su dostupnije, a brojna su istraživanja dokazala citatnu prednost otvorenoga pristupa. Međutim, u posljednjih desetak godina uočena je jedna anomalija sustava izazvana težnjom za profitom pojedinaca koji nisu legitimni članovi akademske zajednice i organizacija koje nisu znanstveni izdavači iako se takvima predstavljaju. To su izdav...

Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu UDK / UDC 001.8:[050:070]"1995/2015" Struč... more Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu UDK / UDC 001.8:[050:070]"1995/2015" Stručni rad / Professional paper Primljeno / Received: 5.6. 2017. Prihvaćeno / Accepted: 2.11.2017. SAŽETAK Cilj. U radu se analizira znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije Medij-ska istraživanja tijekom dva desetljeća njegova izlaženja. Ovaj rad ima za cilj na osnovi određenih bibliometrijskih pokazatelja dobiti uvid u razvoj tog časopisa tijekom dvade-setjednogodišnjeg izlaženja te utjecaj časopisa na znanstvenu zajednicu. Metodologija. Uzorak za istraživanje činili su svi brojevi časopisa od 1995. do 2015. godine s ukupno 276 kategoriziranih radova, na kojima je provedena bibliometrij-ska analiza. Analizirali su se podatci o dinamici izlaženja, autorstvo, jezik te prisutnost i indeksiranost časopisa u međunarodnom e-okruženju. Rezultati. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da su najzastupljeniji izvorni znanstveni radovi (46 %). Autori koji su objavljivali u Medijskim istraživanjima ug...

Sigurnost, 2018

SAŽETAK: U radu je prema osnovnim bibliometrijskim pokazateljima analiziran časopis Sigurnost u r... more SAŽETAK: U radu je prema osnovnim bibliometrijskim pokazateljima analiziran časopis Sigurnost u razdoblju od 2005. do 2015. godine. Uzorak je obuhvaćao 250 kategoriziranih radova objavljenih u jedanaestogodišnjem razdoblju. Analiza radova pokazala je da su najzastupljeniji pregledni radovi (32,4 %), zatim stručni radovi zastupljeni s udjelom od 32 %, izvorni znanstveni radovi s udjelom od 25,2 %, prethodna priopćenja s udjelom od 9,2 %, izlaganja sa skupa s udjelom od 0,8 % dok je najmanje radova kategorizirano kao stručni prikaz (0,4 %). Jezik objavljenih radova uglavnom je hrvatski (90 %), što upućuje na regionalnu orijentaciju časopisa. Časopis Sigurnost zastupljen je u multidisciplinarnoj bibliografskoj i citatnoj bazi podataka Scopus od vol. 51, 2009. godine, multidiscioplinarnoj bazi podataka Academic Search Complete (ASC) iz korpusa EBSCO-vih baza podataka od 50. vol. 2008. godine. Također, u cijelosti je indeksiran u disciplinarnoj bazi podataka ProQuest Biological & Health ...

Aim: Accessibility of digital resources and tools has brought changes to scholarly communication ... more Aim: Accessibility of digital resources and tools has brought changes to scholarly communication and practice. This has caused an evident and rapid trend of developing various information behaviours by scholars. The main aim of this study was to ascertain the information patterns of graduate students from the Studies in Nursing archived in the institutional repository of University of Zagreb, School of Medicine based on the sources they used. Institutional repositories are established mainly to provide open access to information and institutional research output and to create global visibility for institutional scholarly research. Methods: Based on the methodology of previous studies (1-4) this study was based on citation analysis. Citation analysis is an activity involving the analysis of the citations or references, which forms a part of the primary scientific communication (5). Citation analysis of this kind can provide insights into research interests, resource needs, research behaviour, interdisciplinary, scholarly communication, and collection management in academic libraries. Used cautiously and in conjunction with other evaluation sources, it can contribute to a profile of the resources that students most commonly use. A total of 8678 citations consisting of 237 master’s theses from 2014 to 2017 were examined using citation analysis from the open access institutional repository of the School of Medicine. Questions were used to determine the graduate students’ information patterns: number of citations per thesis, age of distribution of the citations, type, language and format of reference. Results and Discussion: The highest citation number per thesis was 259, with the lowest being 7. The average number of cited items per thesis was 36.92. The average number of references per thesis for 2017 was 44.56 % and 40.3 % for 2014. The results show that 60 % of all materials used by graduate students in this field are written in the English language and 39% of the materials are in Croatian. The study revealed that journals were the most preferred source of information used by the students in the field of nursing accounting for 56.21 % of total citations. Among the most popular cited journals are Croatian journals in Croatian. The ten most popular journals used are: Acta Medica Croatica, Medix, Liječnički vjesnik, * Corresponding author: E-mail: lovela.machala@gmail.com Poster 72 Medicus, New England Journal of Medicine, Paediatria Croatica, Pediatrics, Sestrinski glasnik/Nursing Journal, British Medical Journal, Hrvatski časopis za javno zdravstvo. Out of the ten most popular journals used, seven are Croatian journals in open access. Approximately 41.2 % of all sources cited were published over 18 years ago, 34.4 % are in the 8-year range. Nursing students used journals familiar to them (e.g. Croatian journals) which are easily accessible and in open access. Although they have access to a wide range of high-quality health information resources through national licence, the nursing students tend to use resources based onaccessibility (preferring OA) and awareness of the resource and its content, which correlates with previous studies (6,7). Out of all the information resources used in the sample, 43.1 % were in open access form, 31.9 % were subscription based resources (e.g. journals), 24.5 % were in printed form (e.g. textbooks), and 0.6 % were oral presentations. Conclusion: To conclude, the citation analysis proves to be useful because it enriches our understanding of academic research by providing a quantitative basis for describing and interpreting patterns of information use. Results show that students are familiar with using sources in English and are aware of the importance of different types of sources. The most used resources are in open access, and that highlights the positive features of open science, such as easy accessibility and a wider research impact. The analysis gives an insight into students citing practice and could be useful for librarians, students, as well as for educators and mentors in guiding their students. Librarians can use the results for adjustments to their collection development and

To identify how the library´s collection is being used is important to evaluate the library and t... more To identify how the library´s collection is being used is important to evaluate the library and to facilitate decision-making. Collection assessment can be provided by library collection usage study (mainly circulation data) or by user survey as a method of quantitative data collection. Another method is to check library holdings against standard bibliographies. In order to evaluate the collection of the National and University Library in Zagreb, this research, has chosen the citation analysis technique. Citation checking is a time-consuming and in-depth approach for determining the usefulness of libraries' collection to support research. By citation we implicitly mean a bibliographical entry in a footnote, reference list, or bibliography of a document that contains enough information (e.g., author, title, publisher, or journal title) to verify the original item. Citation checking of scholarly (research) documents and comparison of those citations against the availability of ma...

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Kvalitetna znanstvena komunikacija ključna je za učinkovitost znanstvenih istraživanja. Nakon stv... more Kvalitetna znanstvena komunikacija ključna je za učinkovitost znanstvenih istraživanja. Nakon stvaranja znanstvenog rada kroz znanstveno istraživanje, ono se dalje vrednuje i dijeli s drugim znanstvenicima. Na temelju tih znanstvenih radova drugi znanstvenici stvaraju novo znanje kroz nove znanstvene radove. Prisutan je također velik pritisak na znanstvenike u vezi s objavljivanjem radova. U akademskom svijetu postoji određeni pritisak na znanstvenike da što više i što češće objavljuju najnovija istraživanja. Znanstvenici su s jedne strane prisiljeni objavljivati mnogo radova (kvantiteta), dok se s druge strane traži da ti radovi imaju što veći odjek (kvaliteta). Iako autori određenog znanstvenog područja poznaju znanstveno publiciranje u svojem području, pojava novih časopisa otežava odabir u kojem časopisu objaviti svoj rad, a pri čemu značajan problem stvaraju tzv. predatorski časopisi. U radu će se dati pregled pokazatelja koji mogu pomoći pri odabiru časopisa te na koji način s...

Cilj. Cilj je ovog rada opisati i kritički analizirati primjenu citatne analize u vrednovanju knj... more Cilj. Cilj je ovog rada opisati i kritički analizirati primjenu citatne analize u vrednovanju knjižničnih zbirki Knjižnice „Andrija Štampar“, visokoškolske knjižnice Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Metodologija. Citatnom analizom analizirano je ukupno 235 diplomskih radova diplomskog studija Sestrinstva na Medicinskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu u razdoblju od 2014. do 2017. godine. Izabrani uzorak diplomskih radova pokriva različite medicinske specijalizacije koje obuhvaćaju ključne discipline medicinskih znanosti. Rezultati. Analiza je dokazala da knjižnična zbirka djelomično zadovoljava potrebe te specifične skupine korisnika. Istraživanje je otkrilo da su časopisi najpoželjniji izvor informacija koje studenti rabe u sestrinskom području, čineći 56% ukupnog broja citata. Studenti diplomskog studija Sestrinstva rabe časopise koji su im poznati i lako dostupni. Praktična primjena. Ovaj rad ukazuje da je citatna analiza prikladna metoda za prikupljanje pokazatelja o...

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske

Cilj. U radu se analizira znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije Medij- ska istraživa... more Cilj. U radu se analizira znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije Medij- ska istraživanja tijekom dva desetljeća njegova izlaženja. Ovaj rad ima za cilj na osnovi određenih bibliometrijskih pokazatelja dobiti uvid u razvoj tog časopisa tijekom dvadesetjednogodišnjeg izlaženja te utjecaj časopisa na znanstvenu zajednicu. Metodologija. Uzorak za istraživanje činili su svi brojevi časopisa od 1995. do 2015. godine s ukupno 276 kategoriziranih radova, na kojima je provedena bibliometrijska analiza. Analizirali su se podatci o dinamici izlaženja, autorstvo, jezik te prisutnost i indeksiranost časopisa u međunarodnom e-okruženju. Rezultati. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da su najzastupljeniji izvorni znanstveni radovi (46 %). Autori koji su objavljivali u Medijskim istraživanjima uglavnom su iz Hrvatske (59,7 %) ili iz zemalja regije (Hrvatska i ostale države nastale raspadom bivše Jugoslavije), pa je tako na 60,3 % kategoriziranih radova s više autora barem jedan autor iz Hrvats...

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske

14. Dani specijalnih i visokoškolskih knjižnica, 2017

ilj je rada prikazati sinergiju nabave i međuknjižnične posudbe u suvremenom knjižničnom poslovan... more ilj je rada prikazati sinergiju nabave i međuknjižnične posudbe u suvremenom knjižničnom poslovanju primjenom modela Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA). Osnovna je značajka modela izravno uključivanje krajnjih korisnika u nabavu, odnosno izgradnju, pristup i razvoj fondova. Model je u širokoj primjeni od 2011. godine u sveučilišnim knjižničnim sustavima, inicijalno u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, ali i u knjižnicama drugih zapadnih zemalja (Velika Britanija, Njemačka itd.). Nastanak i implementacija modela Patron Driven Acquisition u suvremenom knjižničnom poslovanju omogućeni su razvojem, primjenom i integracijom novih tehnologija u sustavu izdavaštva i knjižnica. Dosadašnja istraživanja primjene PDA modela prikazuju visok stupanj korištenosti naslova prema korisničkom odabiru, međutim, knjižničari svojim stručnim znanjem i kompetencijama i dalje ostaju važna karika u izgradnji zbirki.

18. okrugli stol : Knjižnice i alternativna (druga) istina : zbornik radova

The development of information and communication technologies affects the dissemination of scient... more The development of information and communication technologies affects the dissemination of scientific information. The model of open access to scientific information is generally accepted in the global scientific community because its many advantages, such as greater visibility and impact, have been proven. In order to cover the cost of publishing, alternative ways of financing the publication of scientific information are being developed. However, some publishers and journals use open access model and article processing charges without controlling the quality of information they publish. Those publishers and journals are called predatory or questionable. Predatory publishers promise a quick peer review and fast publication, they often have fake lists of editorial boards on their websites, they often send individualized electronic messages to authors offering them to publish their papers to be editors of the journals. Papers published in such journals are not peer-reviewed – there is a possibility that th results and conclusions are wrong and no further research can be based on them. The number of predatory journals has grown dramatically over the last 10 years. Detection of those journals requires a high level of information literacy. Important role in education should have libraries at scientific and higher education institutions. This paper will present an overview of previous research and will give examples of predatory journals.

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2017

Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu UDK / UDC 001.8:[050:070]"1995/2015" Stručni rad / P... more Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu UDK / UDC 001.8:[050:070]"1995/2015" Stručni rad / Professional paper Primljeno / Received: 5.6. 2017. Prihvaćeno / Accepted: 2.11.2017. SAŽETAK Cilj. U radu se analizira znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije Medij-ska istraživanja tijekom dva desetljeća njegova izlaženja. Ovaj rad ima za cilj na osnovi određenih bibliometrijskih pokazatelja dobiti uvid u razvoj tog časopisa tijekom dvade-setjednogodišnjeg izlaženja te utjecaj časopisa na znanstvenu zajednicu. Metodologija. Uzorak za istraživanje činili su svi brojevi časopisa od 1995. do 2015. godine s ukupno 276 kategoriziranih radova, na kojima je provedena bibliometrij-ska analiza. Analizirali su se podatci o dinamici izlaženja, autorstvo, jezik te prisutnost i indeksiranost časopisa u međunarodnom e-okruženju. Rezultati. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da su najzastupljeniji izvorni znanstveni radovi (46 %). Autori koji su objavljivali u Medijskim istraživanjima uglavnom su iz Hrvatske (59,7 %) ili iz zemalja regije (Hrvatska i ostale države nastale raspadom bivše

Sigurnost : časopis za sigurnost u radnoj i životnoj okolini, 2018

Ključne riječi: časopis Sigurnost, bibliometrijski pokazatelji, analiza radova, Hrvatska SAŽETAK:... more Ključne riječi: časopis Sigurnost, bibliometrijski pokazatelji, analiza radova, Hrvatska SAŽETAK: U radu je prema osnovnim bibliometrijskim pokazateljima analiziran časopis Sigur-nost u razdoblju od 2005. do 2015. godine. Uzorak je obuhvaćao 250 kategoriziranih radova objavljenih u jedanaestogodišnjem razdoblju. Analiza radova pokazala je da su najzastupljeniji pregledni radovi (32,4 %), zatim stručni radovi zastupljeni s udjelom od 32 %, izvorni znanstve-ni radovi s udjelom od 25,2 %, prethodna priopćenja s udjelom od 9,2 %, izlaganja sa skupa s udjelom od 0,8 % dok je najmanje radova kategorizirano kao stručni prikaz (0,4 %). Jezik objavljenih radova uglavnom je hrvatski (90 %), što upućuje na regionalnu orijentaciju časopi-sa. Časopis Sigurnost zastupljen je u multidisciplinarnoj bibliografskoj i citatnoj bazi podataka Scopus od vol. 51, 2009. godine, multidisciplinarnoj bazi podataka Academic Search Complete (ASC) iz korpusa EBSCO-vih baza podataka od 50. vol. 2008. godine

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Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, May 9, 2022

Sigurnost, 2018

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Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske

14. Dani specijalnih i visokoškolskih knjižnica, 2017

18. okrugli stol : Knjižnice i alternativna (druga) istina : zbornik radova

Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2017

Sigurnost : časopis za sigurnost u radnoj i životnoj okolini, 2018

PUBMET 2019 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS The 6th Conference on Scholarly Publishing in the Context of Open Science University of Zadar, Croatia, 18-20 September 2019, 2019

Aim: Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNS) have become one of the most important platforms for ... more Aim: Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNS) have become one of the most important platforms for communication, connection and collaboration among the scholarly community. The aim of this study is to investigate the Croatian scholarly identity on Mendeley and to explore how researchers use Mendeley as an ASNS. Methods: The Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI) covers scientific research and scientific publishing of Croatian researchers. A search was conducted in May 2019 in CROSBI selecting all eight scientific disciplines, the year 2018 and researchers with a unique research ID number in the Register of researchers of the Republic of Croatia from the University of Zagreb. In every research area CROSBI limits the results to the top 100 researchers according to their scientific productivity in 2018. Our sample consisted of 604 researchers (303 male and 301 female) in CROSBI divided by discipline: technical sciences (18.37 %), biotechnical sciences (16.56 %), social sciences (16.07 %), humanities (14.57 %), biomedicine and healthcare (13.75 %), natural sciences (10.26 %), interdisciplinary sciences (8.27 %) and arts (2.15 %). From this number (604), 37.9 % researchers have profiles on Mendeley. Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help organize an individuals’ research, help them collaborate with other users and upload their own scientific papers. It can be used to analyse personal readership trends and to discover the latest research, all the while providing intriguing features for developing one’s professional research network and generating scholarly influence (1).
Results and Discussion: There are disciplinary differences in users and use of Mendeley; most of the researchers from technical sciences (58.55 %), biomedicine and healthcare (46.98 %), and biotechnical sciences (46 %) have profiles on Mendeley, while the users from interdisciplinary sciences (16 %) and humanities (13.63 %) use Mendeley less. More than 57 % (129) authors have an h-index (powered by Scopus) on their profile, of which one from biotechnical sciences had the highest h-index of 37, followed by one from biomedicine and healthcare with an h-index of 35. Like in the previous studies, this research also concludes that there are differences between users from various disciplines, so further research is needed to investigate the preferred type of information source that influences the selection of the reference manager (2,3). For the year 2018, it was found that Mendeley readership was in strong positive correlation with citation counts in almost all disciplines, which confirmed the results of previous studies (4,5). This might be used for scholarly impact assessment as early scientific impact indicator. Publications from biomedicine and healthcare and technical sciences, which comprised most of the sample, averaging 70.94 and 21.42 papers per author respectively, were high in readership as well as in citation counts. This can indicate that, similar to citations, the readership varies per field and coverage. The Mendeley Readership is one measure of how researchers engage with research on Mendeley, calculating how many Mendeley users added a particular article into their personal library. Following other researchers on Mendeley can lead to collaboration and knowledge sharing opportunities (6). The profiles from technical sciences have a wider research network, averaging between 1 and 2 followers per profile, following more than 1 scientist. Conclusion: The results of the analysis of Mendeley profiles of the researchers from the University of Zagreb show that most of them are from technical sciences and biomedicine and healthcare. Those profiles have a wider Mendeley research network with large readership and high citation counts. Scientists from other disciplines should consider positive benefits of having profiles on Mendeley and other ASNS. It is important for researchers to manage their online scholarly identities and track their impact, increasing the visibility of their research and actively promoting their output, collaborating and enhancing networking opportunities.

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS The 5th Conference on Scholarly Publishing in the Context of Open Science University of Zadar, Croatia, 19-21 September 2018, 2018

Aim: Accessibility of digital resources and tools has brought changes to scholarly communication ... more Aim: Accessibility of digital resources and tools has brought changes to scholarly communication and practice. This has caused an evident and rapid trend of developing various
information behaviours by scholars. The main aim of this study was to ascertain the information patterns of graduate students from the Studies in Nursing archived in the institutional
repository of University of Zagreb, School of Medicine based on the sources they used.
Institutional repositories are established mainly to provide open access to information and
institutional research output and to create global visibility for institutional scholarly research.
Methods: Based on the methodology of previous studies (1-4) this study was based on citation analysis. Citation analysis is an activity involving the analysis of the citations or references, which forms a part of the primary scientific communication (5). Citation analysis of
this kind can provide insights into research interests, resource needs, research behaviour,
interdisciplinary, scholarly communication, and collection management in academic libraries. Used cautiously and in conjunction with other evaluation sources, it can contribute to
a profile of the resources that students most commonly use. A total of 8678 citations consisting of 237 master’s theses from 2014 to 2017 were examined using citation analysis from
the open access institutional repository of the School of Medicine. Questions were used to
determine the graduate students’ information patterns: number of citations per thesis, age
of distribution of the citations, type, language and format of reference.
Results and Discussion: The highest citation number per thesis was 259, with the lowest
being 7. The average number of cited items per thesis was 36.92. The average number of
references per thesis for 2017 was 44.56 % and 40.3 % for 2014. The results show that 60 % of
all materials used by graduate students in this field are written in the English language and
39% of the materials are in Croatian. The study revealed that journals were the most preferred source of information used by the students in the field of nursing accounting for 56.21
% of total citations. Among the most popular cited journals are Croatian journals in Croatian.
The ten most popular journals used are: Acta Medica Croatica, Medix, Liječnički vjesnik,
* Corresponding author: E-mail: lovela.machala@gmail.com
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Medicus, New England Journal of Medicine, Paediatria Croatica, Pediatrics, Sestrinski glasnik/Nursing Journal, British Medical Journal, Hrvatski časopis za javno zdravstvo. Out of the
ten most popular journals used, seven are Croatian journals in open access. Approximately
41.2 % of all sources cited were published over 18 years ago, 34.4 % are in the 8-year range.
Nursing students used journals familiar to them (e.g. Croatian journals) which are easily accessible and in open access. Although they have access to a wide range of high-quality
health information resources through national licence, the nursing students tend to use
resources based onaccessibility (preferring OA) and awareness of the resource and its content, which correlates with previous studies (6,7). Out of all the information resources used
in the sample, 43.1 % were in open access form, 31.9 % were subscription based resources
(e.g. journals), 24.5 % were in printed form (e.g. textbooks), and 0.6 % were oral presentations.
Conclusion: To conclude, the citation analysis proves to be useful because it enriches our
understanding of academic research by providing a quantitative basis for describing and
interpreting patterns of information use. Results show that students are familiar with using
sources in English and are aware of the importance of different types of sources. The most
used resources are in open access, and that highlights the positive features of open science, such as easy accessibility and a wider research impact. The analysis gives an insight
into students citing practice and could be useful for librarians, students, as well as for educators and mentors in guiding their students. Librarians can use the results for adjustments
to their collection development and