STUDENTSKI ZNANSTVENI RADOVI DOSTUPNI NA PORTALU HRČAK: ANALIZA RADOVA KOJI SU NAPISANI NA TEMELJU DIPLOMSKIH RADOVA POHRANJENIH U REPOZITORIJU DABAR.

Purpose. The paper discusses the trend of publishing papers based on graduate theses in open access scientific journals. The contribution of the repository of scientific papers to institutional visibility is explained, as well as the role of the library in designing and maintaining the repository. The study focuses on the analysis of the number of scientific research papers that originated from the graduate theses of the students of the three faculties of humanities and social sciences, and the frequency of access and download of the graduate thesis, and scientific papers and their citations. Furthermore, it is explored how long it takes to turn a thesis into an article, and what are the predominant categorizations of these articles. Approach/methodology/design. A bibliometric approach is used, with the content analysis research method that included the following indicators: citations, representation of scientific papers by scientific fields, categorization of papers, authorship, date of publication, and the number of reviews and downloads. The starting point for the research were all graduate theses stored in the Dabar repository at three comparable faculties of humanities and social sciences in Split, Rijeka, and Osijek in the period from 2013 to 2020, a total of 2791 papers. After connecting the diploma theses with the resulting scientific papers published on the Hrčak portal, the differences in citations and visibility of papers in the two systems were tested. Findings. The research has shown that approximately 6% of diploma theses from the field of social sciences and 2% of papers from the humanities are transformed into scientific papers published in journals available on the Hrčak portal. Most scientific papers are published up to two years after the graduate thesis is stored in the repository. The publication of papers in the journals available on the Hrčak portal significantly improves their visibility. The importance of open access to graduate theses in the Dabar repository was also confirmed. The limitations of the research relate primarily to the initial selection of graduate theses only in the field of social sciences and humanities. Practical implications. On a practical level, the paper can serve students and mentors who intend to turn graduate theses into articles, librarians in providing support to students, and editors of overlay journals as an analysis of the current situation and a starting point for selecting papers. Social implications. The paper provides an insight into the number and type of student papers that affect the visibility of the faculties and indirectly of the universities. Originality/value. For the first time, an analysis of student papers that originated from the graduate thesis themes and research was conducted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]