Citation Analysis of Ph.D Thesis on Economics

Citation Analysis of Ph.D. theses submitted to Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Library, was performed as a way of determining the use of information sources made by the scholars of the university. For the present study 34 Ph.D.theses of Economics were chosen as a sample from the year 2000 - 2010, there are in all 2876 citations appended in 34 theses. The data collected from the bibliographical entries listed at the end of the theses, which was used by the researchers for completing the theses. The citations were photocopied and the data was collected. Citation analysis have been carried out to find the types of cited document, the chronological distribution of cited documents, to find out the authorship pattern of cited document. The rank list of cited journals books, to find out the language. Wise distribution, geographical distribution of cited documents, the rank list of cited web - sources and the cited authors.