Doctoral Theses of Agricultural Faculty of BAU: A Bibliometric Analysis from 1974 to 2014

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of the doctoral theses, for the period from 1974 to 2014, awarded in the Faculty of Agriculture at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, in the fields of agronomy, soil science, entomology, horticulture, plant pathology, crop botany, genetics & plant breeding, agricultural extension, agricultural chemistry and bio-chemistry, bio-tech, environmental science and seed science & technology. The distributions of Ph.D. theses have been analyzed and identified year-wise, subject-wise, gender-wise and guide-wise. Findings from the present study show that 277 (91.10%) PhD holders are male and 27 (8.9%) female. A total of 86 Professors supervised 304 doctoral theses in Agriculture Faculty during 1974 to 2014. PhD scholars cited journals (37.9%) and text books (31.8%). It is also revealed that no thesis was submitted during 1975-77 and 1981-1988. BAU has been producing quality agricultural scientists and technologists to take up their places in the agricultural development of the country.