CONTRIBUTION OF PH.D. RESEARCH IN PHYSICS: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY

This paper examines the contributions of Ph.D. research at Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune particularly in the areas of physics subject and interdisciplinary subjects. There were 517 Ph.D. theses submitted in the Department of Physics during 1953-2013. Those are classified with the help of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) 23rd edition. Out of these 318 Ph.D. these are of the subject physics (Physics, Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Pneumatics (Gas Mechanics), Sound and related Vibrations, Light and related Radiation, Heat, Electricity and Electronics, Magnetism, Modern Physics) while 199 are on interdisciplinary research (Astronomy and allied sciences – Astrophysics, Chemistry and allied Sciences, Earth Sciences-Meteorology, Geophysics, Biophysics, Engineering and allied Operations – Applied Physics). Total 96236 citations were appended in 517 theses with an average citation 186.14 per theses.