Citation Analysis of Doctoral Theses in Education Submitted at the Bangalore University, Bangalore, during 2003–2012

There were 42 doctoral theses submitted during the period from 2003 to 2012 at the Department of Education, Bangalore University, Bangalore. This study was performed to determine the use of different information sources by the doctoral students of the university. There were 6688 citations in 42 doctoral theses. The data were collected from the bibliographic section listed at the end of each thesis, which included the details of the articles referred to by the researchers for completing their thesis. The citations were collected in a catalogue card. Citation analysis was carried out to find out the answers for the objectives of the present study.