Use of Citation for Journal Evaluation in The Field of Economics

The present study analyses 17291 citations from 130 doctoral theses submitted to department of economics, Bangalore university during period from 1984-2014. The study reveals that year wise submission of doctoral theses for the award of degree, average number of citations distribution in each Theses, Bibliographic Form wise cited documents, Ranking of Most highly cited Journals, and to verify Country-wise publication of cited Journals