Authorship Pattern and Collaborative Research in PEARL: A Journal of Library and Information Science: 2019-2023 Atchamamba L.1,**, Prabhakar G.2,*, Vijaya P.3,*** 1Assistant Professor in Library Science, Sri PVNTS University of Veterinary, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 2Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 3Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam *(Corresponding author) email id: *prabhakargudidesi71@gmail.com
**dratchamamba@gmail.com
***vijayapenumalla398@gmail.com
Online Published on 02 April, 2024. Abstract This paper examines authorship trends, with a particular focus on collaborative research within the field of Library and Information Science. The study utilizes "PEARL: A Journal of Library and Information Science," based in New Delhi, as the primary source. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on 172 contributions published in the journal between 2019 and 2023. Single-author contributions accounted for 56 (32.56%) during this period, while the majority of contributions, 116 (67.44%), were collaborative efforts involving multiple authors. The findings indicate an increase in multi-author papers in the Library and Information Science field from 2019 to 2023, with a collaboration degree of 0.67 determined for the specified time frame. Top Keywords Authorship pattern, Collaborative research, Library and information sciences, PEARL. Top |