A Study of Authorship Patterns and Collaborative Research in Collaborative Librarianship, 2009-2014

Authors

Kotti Thavamani, Regional Medical Library, The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, No. 69, Anna salai, Guindy. Chennai – 600 032.Follow

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliometric study of Collaborative Librarianship (CL) during the period of 2009-2014. A total of 223 research contributions and 343 authors were examined by growth of contributions by year and volume, authorship patterns by year and volume, growth of authors by year, authorship patterns, author productivity, authorship patterns by global, most prolific contributors and degree of collaboration. Average number of authors per paper is 1.538. The highest number of author productivity i.e., 0.650. The average degree of author collaboration in the Collaborative Librarianship is 0.354, which clearly indicates its dominance upon single authored contributions.

Recommended Citation

Thavamani, Kotti (2015) "A Study of Authorship Patterns and Collaborative Research in Collaborative Librarianship, 2009-2014," Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 7: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol7/iss2/6