A Bibliometric Study of Ph. D. Awarded Theses in Department of Library and Information Science

The paper presents a bibliometric study of Ph. D. awarded theses of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), Aurangabad in the field of Library and Information Sciences (LIS). This study has analysed the increasing number of researchers in the field of LIS. The objective of this study is to ascertain the bibliometric features observable in the Department of LIS. For this purpose, 41 theses submitted for Doctorate of LIS degree of BAMU, Aurangabad were analysed and the duration of this study is from 1990 to 2016. Data are analysed on the criteria of highest number of researchers and supervisors (guides), gender-and year-wise research productivity and subject and others.