Authorship Pattern and Research Collaboration of Journal of Informetrics

Das, Prabir Kumar Authorship Pattern and Research Collaboration of Journal of Informetrics. International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2015, vol. 5, n. 1, pp. 53-62. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The study highlights the authorship pattern and research collaboration in the area of Informetrics based on 420 scholarly communications appeared in the Journal of Informetrics during 2007 to 2013. Study illustrates various significant aspects like –types and trends of authorship, author productivity, degree of collaboration,collaborative index, geographical diffusion and institutional diversification of authorship. Findings suggest tangible growth of Informetrics literature over the years with predominantly multi-authored contributions. Result also show that Informetrics research is unevenly scattered among 251 institutions from 38 countries around the globe.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Informetrics, Authorship, Author Collaboration, Collaborative Index,Collaboration Trend, Lotka's Law, Journal of Informetrics,Research collaboration
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology
L. Information technology and library technology > LZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user: Mr Prabir Kumar Das
Date deposited: 16 Jan 2018 08:56
Last modified: 16 Jan 2018 08:56
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/31973

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