ANALYSIS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES A CASE STUDY USING BIBLIO METRIC METHOD:A CASE STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS

This study investigated the citation pattern of Mechanical engineering students in Landmark University, Nigeria.Biblio metric method was adopted, the study covered research projects submitted from 2015 to 2018. All the references of the research projects were examined one after the other and the different types of cited materials were recorded according to the year. It was discovered that the citations was high and multiple authored projects accounted for the that the citations on the projects increased on yearly basis. It was also revealed that journal articles accounted for the highest number of cited documents, it was also revealed that most of the cited materials ar that the students preferred to cite multiple authored materials, it was also discovered that the degree of collaboration by the students varies. Based on this research, the paper concluded that researchers should research so as to improve the research output of the undergraduate projects