Collaborative Research and Authorship Trend in Indian Information Science and Scientometrics Studies Sudhier K.G.1,*, Rani G.L. Soumya2 1Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Post Neelakudi Campus, Thiruvarur-610005, Tamil Nadu, India 2Assistant Librarian, Kerala Legislature Secretariat Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India *Corresponding author email id: kgsudhier@cutn.ac.in, smy_gl@yahoo.com
Online published on 9 April, 2020. Abstract This study highlights scientific collaboration and co-authorship pattern of Indian contributions in information science and scientometrics studies based on 1,604 scholarly communications covered in the Indian Science abstracts (ISA) during 2011–2015. This study analysed authorship trend, productivity pattern, degree of collaboration, co-authored index and ranking of authors. The authorship pattern showed a remarkable increase in the number of multi-authored papers. High degree of collaborative research (0.60) was found in the field of information science and scientometrics studies, which shows a trend towards collaborative research. The average number of authors per paper is 1.867 and the average productivity per author (PPA) is 0.536. B.M. Gupta and Gangan Prathap are the most productive authors who have published 25 and 19 articles during the period under study. It is evident from the study that the researchers in information science and scientometrics prefer collaborative research rather than solo research. Top Keywords Information science, Scientometrics, Authorship pattern, Degree of collaboration, Coauthorship index, Indian science abstracts, India. Top |