. Saba Siamaki; . Ehsan Geraei; . Firoozeh Zare‑ Farashbandi
Volume 4, Issue 4 , August 2014, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
Background: Scientific collaboration is among the most important subjects in scientometrics, andmany studies have investigated this concept to this day. The goal of the current study ...
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Background: Scientific collaboration is among the most important subjects in scientometrics, andmany studies have investigated this concept to this day. The goal of the current study is investigationof scientific collaboration and co‑authorship patterns of researchers in the field of library andinformation science in Iran between years 2005 and 2009. Materials and Methods: The currentstudy uses scientometrics method. The statistical population consists of 942 documentspublished in Iranian library and information science journals between years 2005 and 2009.Collaboration coefficient, collaboration index (CI), and degree of collaboration (DC) were usedfor data analysis. Findings: The findings showed that among 942 investigated documents, 506documents (53.70%) was created by one individual researcher and 436 documents (46.30%)were the result of collaboration between two or more researchers. Also, the highest rank ofdifferent authorship patterns belonged to National Journal of Librarianship and InformationOrganization (code H). Conclusion: The average collaboration coefficient for the library andinformation science researchers in the investigated time frame was 0.23. The closer this coefficientis to 1, the higher is the level of collaboration between authors, and a coefficient near zero showsa tendency to prefer individual articles. The highest collaboration index with an average of 1.92authors per paper was seen in year 1388. The five year collaboration index in library and informationscience in Iran was 1.58, and the average degree of collaboration between researchers in theinvestigated papers was 0.46, which shows that library and information science researchershave a tendency for co‑authorship. However, the co‑authorship had increased in recent yearsreaching its highest number in year 1388. The researchers’ collaboration coefficient also showsrelative increase between years 1384 and 1388. National Journal of Librarianship and InformationOrganization has the highest rank among all the investigated journals based on collaborationcoefficient, collaboration index (CI), and degree of collaboration (DC).