• Dr.smita J Prajapati

Bibliometric study is now becoming an interested study area within the researcher community. The present paper is the original bibliometric study of Botany Ph.D. thesis submitted to Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan” (HNGU) during the year 2011 to 2019. From 47 theses, total 8228 citations were extracted and analyzed. The average no of citation per thesis was 175 which was quite low compared to other science theses; Citation distribution showed that 70.14 % citations were Research articles whereas only 13.45 percent of citations were Books. The other citation including Electronic source, Tech report, Manual, Standard, Patent, Ph.D. & Master’s thesis and Miscellaneous collectively constitute remaining part of citations. This paper also consist of analysis of different bibliometric parameter .Here, Zipf's law study of words density of titles do not follow the rules similarly, Bradford’s law of scattering of articles on journal was found not to fit in the present study.

Botany, Bibliometrics, Citation analysis, Articles, Books, Zipf's law, Bradford’s law

"Bibliometric analysis: A Case Study of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Gujarat,India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.g112-g117, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409608.pdf

"Bibliometric analysis: A Case Study of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Gujarat,India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppg112-g117, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409608.pdf