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| Article Name : | | | HORTICULTURE LITERATURE CITED IN DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS: AN OBSOLESCENCE STUDY, 1991-2010 | | Author Name : | | | Santosh Kumar Tunga , Sabuj Dasgupta | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-305 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Obsolescence study is useful for librarians and managers of information centers in identifying the use of periodical literature. The present study aims to examine the obsolescence literature in horticulture by citation analysis and reviewed various studies and outlined the results. The study based on the 10,845 citations, cited in the 80 horticultural doctoral dissertations accepted and awarded at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay (BCKV), Mohanpur, West Bengal and Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalay (UBKV), Cooch Bihar, West Bengal during the period of 1991-2010. It is observed that the journals (77.796%) and books (12.236%) are the most preferred bibliographic form of citations used by the horticultural researchers. The most of the researchers prefer 25.198 percent journal citations for the period of 1990-1999 and the highest 25.998 percent books for the period of 1980-1989. The mean year is calculated as 28.703 years for journal citations and 31.056 years for books. The half-life is found to be 24 years for journal citations and 27 years for books. | | Keywords : | | - bckv
- ubkv
- doctoral dissertations
- half-life
- horticulture
- obsolescence study
- researchers
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