Vol. 11(3), pp. 64--75 April, 2023. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2023050

 

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Abstract

The study focuses on the analysis of theses and dissertations of the faculties of physical and life sciences of Modibbo Adama University, Yola during the period of 21 years of running its postgraduate programme (2001-2021). The theses and dissertations were obtained from the postgraduate faculty of the university. Every graduated postgraduate degree has a copy of its theses/dissertation deposited and they were used to retrieve bibliographic data for the study. The study covers 812 theses and dissertations (609 for physical sciences and 203 for life sciences) produced in the faculties within the period of the study. The study examined and analyzed the theses and dissertations such as types of postgraduate research output produced by each of the faculties, the growth rate of the research output of each of the faculties, annual growth rate of the research output of each of the faculties, cumulative annual growth rate of the research output of each of the faculties, and determining the top three ranked academics in each of the faculties in terms of postgraduate supervision and graduation.

 

Keywords: Modibbo Adama University, Bibliometric, Theses and Dissertations, Annual Growth Rate (AGR), Compound Growth Rate (CAGR), Most Prolific Academics

 

	Cite This Article As: Aliyu, A., Babayi, B.U. (2023). Bibliometric Analysis of Theses and Dissertations of Faculties of Physical and Life Sciences, Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria, 2001-2021. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 11(3): 64-75