The present study is based on 3003 citations appended in 22 PhD thesis in Banking discipline submitted to Canara Bank School of Management Studies (CBSMS) affiliated Bangalore University, Bangalore during 1982/2014 for the award of PhD degree. The main purpose of this study was to investigate to verify the year wise submission of PhD thesis in Banking discipline, to identify the types of literature cited by the researchers, to prepare Rank list of cited periodicals, to identify the geographical distribution of cited periodicals and to examine the authorship pattern. The study revealed that periodicals were the most cited sources used by the researchers with 38% of total citations, followed by books with 35% citations. Out of 50 journals ranking, The Journal of Finance ranked first in the list with 54 citations of the total journal citations, followed by this Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics with 37, Indian Journal of Marketing with 30 citations, Indian Co-Operative Review with 26 and Harvard Business Review with 23 respectively. The geographical wise publication of journals, India is the first place with 46%, next to this USA with 38%, UK and Netherlands with 12%and 4%. Single author contributes are more compared with collaborative authors.