我国硕士、博士学位论文的学术贡献有多大?——基于2013年核心期刊论文参考文献的实证分析

How Much Academic Contribution Do Chinese Graduate Students’ Theses Make ： An Empirical Analysis of References in Papers Published on Key Journals in 2013

学术论文的被引情况是其学术贡献大小的标志之一。按照被引的不同类型，学术论文的学术贡献 可分为直接贡献、间接贡献和总贡献。对2013年中文核心期刊近42万篇学术论文参考文献的分析显示:我国硕士、博士学位论文的学术贡献很低，直接贡献为1.59%，间接贡献为0.09%，总贡献为1.68%。其中博士学 位论文的学术贡献约为硕士学位论文的两倍。

The citation of a thesis is a measure of its academic contribution. According to the citation type， a thesis’ academic contribution can be divided into three categories： direct contribution， indirect contribution and total contribution. An analysis of the references of around 420，000 papers published on key journals indicates that Chinese graduate students’ theses made a low academic contribu - tion，with a direct contribution of 1. 59%，indirect contribution of 0， 09%，and total contribution of L 68%. The contribution of doctoral dissertations is twice that of masters theses.