Citation Analysis of Ph.D. Thesis on Physics submitted to Dr. B.A.M.University Aurangabad

Citation analysis is an important tool used by the librarians; teachers and information scientists to represent the relationship which exist between the cited and the citing document, the technique of citation analysis involve the process of collection, counting and analysis given in various types of literature. This is the direct method to analyze the library record to determine the actual use of the documents. These types of information can provide useful idea for acquisition of important material selection of document etc. This can helps librarians, it also help the information system designers, to plan their products and services. The citation analysis is useful for identifying:
i) Playing homage to pioneers.
ii) Giving credit for related work (homage to peers).
iii) Identifying methodology, equipment etc.
iv) Providing background reading.
v) Correcting one’s own work.
vi) Correcting the work of others.
vii) Criticizing previous work.
viii) Substantiating claim.
ix) Alerting forthcoming work.
x) Providing leads to poorly disseminate.