This book consists of the results of the content analysis of doctoral dissertations. This book also contains seven chapters: introduction, literature review, research methodology, horticulture: an overview, content analysis of the doctoral dissertations, contribution of horticultural scientists of BCKV & UBKV, and findings & conclusion. Chapter one deals with introductory part containing concept of bibliometrics and citation analysis, statement of research problems, research questions, objectives of the study, rationale of the study, limitations of the study and conspectus. The second chapter attempts to review the use of bibliometric methods and citation studies in horticulture and other related fields. Chapter three explains the choices of methods under this study. Chapter four attempts to describe horticulture in India & West Bengal, and also horticulture research in India. Chapter five traces the content analysis of the doctoral dissertations in the field of horticulture. Chapter six adopts the contribution of horticultural scientists of BCKV and UBKV to cited journals and also cited books. The last chapter develops the summary of findings, recommendations for implementation, conclusion and future scope of research. All the chapters of the report are enriched with introduction and references. A bibliography is included at the end of the report for the benefit of those who are interested in pursuing further study. The present study is the first of its kind to study the bibliometric indicators in the subject domain like horticulture. It is hoped that this book will be useful for practicing librarians and information scientists working in agricultural university and will provide guiding principles for acquisition policy.