• Dr. Jayshila Kundlik . Khandare
• Dr. Sayada Shaista Parveen

Library as a perform way of determining the use of information sources made by the Scholars of university. In the present study, citation analysis of Ph.D. theses Awarded by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, 175 Ph.D. theses of English were chosen as a sample from the year 1967-2012. There are 13478 citations in 175 theses. The data were collected from the bibliographical entries listed at the end of the theses, which was used by the researchers for completing the theses. The results are based on the analysis of collected data, the frequency distribution of different forms of documents used by researchers in English 1349 (10.00%) citations were in English literature and the chronological distribution of citations was measured by number of years which elapsed between the publication of a document. Maximum number of citations were covered during the period of 1991-1980 accounting to 2492 (18.48%) citations and the least number of citations followed by the year 1221-2130, 1361-1370, 1411-1420, 1414-1450, 1618-1690, 1751-1760, 1761-1770 accounting to 01 (0.02%) citations in English Literature, the half life period of English Literature cited by the researchers was calculated as 160 years from 1921-1930 with 501 (3.71 %) citations, The authors were analyzed to determine the percentage of single author, two authors, three authors and five authors. In the present study the single author publication was more in number in English with 11835(87.81 %) citations, the author who is most preferred by researchers, that documents are most important to keep in the library for that purpose author ranking is essential to librarians as well as researchers. In present study ''Mulk Raj Anand'' scores the top position with 157 (1.07 %) citations, second rank goes to “Kingsley”. 146(0.99 %) citations, third rank goes to “Anons”. 130 (0.88 %) citations respectively in English Literature, the publisher plays a very important role in getting the right information sources. The analysis of data shows the ranking of publishers. “Oxford University Press.” Scores the top position with 553 (4.11 %) citations second rank goes to “Penguin Books.” With 475 (3.53%) citations, third rank goes to “Mac Millan publishing company.” with 377 (2.8%) citations in English Literature, the most cited documents in English Literature were from India Scored the top position with 3657 (27.14%) citations, second rank goes to UK with 3170 (23.14 %) citations, followed by USA with 1036 (7.68 %) citations, Indian and Foreign distribution of citations of English literate are reveals that the researchers of English depend heavily on Indian publications with 3657 (27.14%) citations which indicate that the researchers mostly depend on Indian Literature than Foreign Literature, the citations of web resources are used by English only 155 (1.15 %), the most cited documents in English Literature are only in English language that is 13478 (100 %), the journals are most preferred publication used by the researcher of English. In English Literature the journal “Indian English Fiction”. scored the top position with 34 (2.52%) citations, in the ranking The book “Willa cather” scored the top position with 42 (0.5%) citations in English Literature.

Citation Analysis, Bibliometric, Scientometrics, English Literature, Web Citation, E Citation, P Citation.

"CITATION ANALYSIS OF PH. D. THESES ON ENGLISH AWARDED BY DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no.159-172, May 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805A26.pdf

"CITATION ANALYSIS OF PH. D. THESES ON ENGLISH AWARDED BY DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 5, page no. pp159-172, May 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805A26.pdf