Research Growth and Author Collaboration Trends in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology

This study analysed the growth of contributions and collaboration research trends among the authors of DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology covering the period 1996-2013. The number of contributions has increased from 27 to 66 in a period of eighteen years. Average number of contributions per volume has come around more than 33. Mean doubling time of this journal has come out to be 5.95 where as mean relative growth rate has come out 0.17. Single author contributions are 48.49% and multiple authors contributions are 51.51%.