Information Studies

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Physics Literature:An Informetric Study


Affiliations
1 University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


This study explores the authorship characteristics in Physic literature appended to 12 doctoral dissertations of the University of Kerala during 2003- 2007. A total of 3,796 ref^ences collected, includes 2,660 journals and 414 books were analysed. Results indicate that collaborative research is preferred rather than solo research. The degree of collaboration in journal articles in different years gives an average value 0.77, arid for books the degree of collaboration is 0.40. It is noted that authorship trends and degree of collaboration are different in journal papers and in books.

Keywords

Authorship Pattern. University of Kerala, India, Doctoral Theses, Informetric Analysis, Research Collaboration.
User
Subscription Login to verify subscription
Notifications
Font Size

  • Fox, Mary F. and Faver, Catherine A. (1984). "Independence and co operation in research". Journal of Higher Education. 55; p. 347-359.

  • Arora, J. and Pawan, U. (1995). "Collaborative research and authorship patterns in Immunology: correlation between multiple authorship and cited ness". lASLlC Bulletin. 40(2); p. 73-83.

  • Price, D. S. (1983). Little science and Big science. New York: Columbia press p.78.

  • Dixit, Swati. (2007). "Investigations in collaborative research trends among Indian Cotton scientist (1996-2005)". IASLIC Bulletin. 52(3); p. 137-142.

  • Sudhier, K G Pillai. (2007). "Authorship pattern in Physics literature: An Informetric study on citations in doctoral theses of the Indian Institute of Science. Annals of Library & Information Studies". 54(20); p. 90-94.

  • Ivanisevic, Ranka and Sapunar, Damir. (2006). "Multiple authorship in a small medical journal: a case study of the Croatian Medical Journal". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 57(8); p.1073-1078.

  • Kumbar, Mallinath., Harinarayana, N. S. and Tejaswini, T. (2004). Authorship trend and collaborative research in Agricultural Science. lASLIC Bulletin. 50(4); p. 241-248.

  • Krishna, K. M. and Kumar, S. (2004). "Authorship trends in Agriculture research: a bibliometric analysis". SRELS Journal of Information Management. 41 (2); p. 229-234.

  • Vishakhi, P. (2002). "Current trend of research collaboration in the field of statistical science- a case study". I ASLIC Bulletin. 47(4); p. 210-215.

  • Bandyopadhyay, Amit Kumar. (2001). "Authorship pattern in different disciplines". Annals of Library and Information Studies. 48(4); p. 139-147.

  • Sangam, S. L. (2000). "Collaborative research in Psychology in India: a scientometric study". In Collaboration in science and technology: Proceedings of the 2nd Berkin workshop on Scientometrics and Informetrics, Sept 1-3, 2000. Berlin, ed by Havemann, Frank; Wahgner-Dobler, Roland and Kretschmer, Hildrum; p. 177-183.

  • Vimala, V. and Reddy, V. P. (1996). "Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of Zoology". Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. 1(2); p. 43-50.

  • Tiew, W. S. (2006). "Authorship characteristics in Sekitar Perpustakaan 1994-2003: a bibliometric study". Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science. 11(1); p. 49-59.

  • Vijay, K. R. (2005). "Bibliometric study of research publication trend among Indian Food Scientists and Technologists". Annals of Library and Information Studies. 52(3); p. 77-81.

  • Farhat, Hashme. (2002). Authorship patterns in Agriculture Science in Egypt. Scientometrics. 55(2); p. 157-170.

  • Bandyopadhyay, Amit Kumar. (2004). "Authorship collaboration in Physics. Philosophy and Political Science". 11'" lASLlC National Seminar. Kolkata, 2004: p. 405-409.

  • Kannappanavar, B. U. and Vijayakumar, M. (2001). "Authorship trend and solo v/s team research in International Monetary Fund literature: a bibliometric study". Annals of Library and Information Studies. 48(3); p. 117-120.

  • Bird, J. E. (1997). "Authorship pattern in Marine Mammal Science". Scientometrics. 39(1); p. 99-105.

  • Cunningam, S. J and Dhillon, S. M. (1997). "Authorship pattern in Information systems". Scientometrics, 39(1); p. 19-27.

  • Rana, Madan S. and Agarwal. Sunita. (1994). "Authorship trends in Indian Wildlife and Fisheries literature: a bibliometric study". Annals of Library Science and Documentation. 41(1); p. 13-18.

  • Raptis, P. (1992). "Authorship characteristics in 5 international Library Science journals". Libri. 42; p. 35-52.

  • Srivastava, A. K. (1992). "Authorship collaboration and information seeking habit in Petroleum exploration". Library Herald. 31(3-4); p. 95-100

  • Maheswarappa, B. S. and Savadatti, S. G. (1990). "Authorship pattern and collaborative research in Plant Breeding (1934-1989)". lASLIC Bulletin. 35(3); p. 119-123.

  • Maheswarappa, B. S. (1990). "Authorship pattern and collaborative research in Plant Breeding (1934-89)". lASLIC Bulletin. 35(3); p. 119-123.

  • Karisidappa, C. R. and others. (1990). "Authorship pattern and collaborative research in Psychology". lASLIC Bulletin. 35(2); p. 73-78.

  • Harsanyi, M. A. (1993). "Multiple authors, multiple problems- bibliometrics and the study of scholarly collaboration: a literature review". Library and Information Science Research. 15; p. 325-354.

  • Joshi, Anupam N. and Maheswarappa, B. S. (1994). "Multiple authorship trends in different subjects of S & T: a review of literature". ILA Bulletin. 30(1-2); p. 31-37.

  • Udofia, Udifia Iton. (2002). "Bibliometric studies on African Trypanosomiasis research literature: a review of authorship pattern". Annals of Library and Information Studies. 49(2); p. 45-49.

  • Subramanyam, K. (1963). "Bibliometric studies of research in collaboration: A review". Journal of Information Science. 6; p. 37.

  • Macrina, F. L. (2000). Scientific integrity: an introductory text with case studies. Washington: ASM Press.


Abstract Views: 242

PDF Views: 0




  • Physics Literature:An Informetric Study

Abstract Views: 242  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

K. G. Sudhier
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala, India

Abstract


This study explores the authorship characteristics in Physic literature appended to 12 doctoral dissertations of the University of Kerala during 2003- 2007. A total of 3,796 ref^ences collected, includes 2,660 journals and 414 books were analysed. Results indicate that collaborative research is preferred rather than solo research. The degree of collaboration in journal articles in different years gives an average value 0.77, arid for books the degree of collaboration is 0.40. It is noted that authorship trends and degree of collaboration are different in journal papers and in books.

Keywords


Authorship Pattern. University of Kerala, India, Doctoral Theses, Informetric Analysis, Research Collaboration.

References