ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (Web of Science)

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses is a database of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from institutions around the world. In addition to accessing ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global on the ProQuest platform, Rutgers users may search ProQuest Dissertations & Theses on the Web of Science platform. Web of Science includes citation indexing for each dissertation and thesis, connecting them to the Web of Science citation network and allowing users to explore their citation connections to other research on the Web of Science platform. When the full dissertation or thesis is available on the ProQuest platform, the Web of Science record includes a link to it.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global includes records for international dissertations beginning in 1637 and U.S. dissertations beginning in 1861 (the year the first doctoral dissertation was accepted at a U.S. institution). It covers all academic disciplines, and it is updated every semester with newly completed dissertations and theses. It covers all academic disciplines, and it is updated every semester with newly completed dissertations and theses.

To search only dissertations and theses completed at Rutgers, please use Dissertations & Theses @ Rutgers University.  To view digital theses and dissertations hosted in Rutgers’ own repository, please use RUcore: Rutgers Electronic Theses & Dissertations (RUetd).