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.
