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Article Name :
CITATION ANALYSIS OF Ph.D. THESES IN PHILOSOPHY SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
Author Name :
Gorre Subba Rayudu , K.Surendra Babu
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-234
Article URL :
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Abstract :
This paper presents citation analysis of Ph.D. theses submitted in the discipline of Philosophy of the University of Hyderabad during 1986-2012. The study is based on the 7,444 citations cited in 43 Ph.D. theses of philosophy. The study presents analysis of several parameters like bibliographic form, year-wise distribution of theses, authorship pattern, ranking of core journals, and country-wise distribution of cited documents. The study finds that book form is the most preferred sources of information used by the researchers in the field of philosophy accounting for 80.62%, and most of the citations (81.79%) are contributed by single author. U.K (53.16%) is the largest producer of literature in the field of philosophy compared to other countries and most dominant language was English 92.60%.
Keywords :
  • citation analysis
  • citation studies
  • ph.d. theses
  • philosophy
  • university of hyderabad