A 10-yearcitation analysis study of Educational Management Masters dissertations in the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tarbiat Moallem University

The purpose of the present research is to study a 10-year citation analysis of educational management masters dissertations in Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tarbiat Moallem University. Research by using a citation analysis method, MA dissertations of educational management course for a 10-year period were analyzed. The population included 120 defended MA dissertations during the same period. The findings showed that books were used more than journals and Persian resources more than English ones. The most cited journals in Persian and in English were “Management in Education” (n=50, 15.97%) and “The learning organization” (n=14, 3.02%), respectively. Besides, only 16.37% of resources were up-to-date and the topics were mostly repetitive. The study showed that books were used more than journals and other resources that might be somehow newer. Besides, Persian resources were used more than English ones that that are written in the world lingua franca. One of the reasons why dissertations topics are repetitive might be the weakness of the students’ English proficiency that leads to not using English journals.