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Volume : V, Issue : VIII, September - 2015

AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE FIELD OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

Shivcharan, Sandeep Kumar

By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Authorship trends and collaborative research are studied in the field of Library & Information Science based on the data collected from Emerald database Library Hi – Tech e-Journal published during the 2005-2015. Outcome of the study shows that multi authored articles 54.22% prevail the single authored articles 45.78%. The degree of collaboration in the field of LIS is 0.54. Average number of authors per paper varies from 1.53-2.82. This study is in support for the fact that Library & Information Science research is collaborative in all aspects.

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Shivcharan, Sandeep Kumar(2015). AUTHORSHIP PATTERNS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TRENDS IN THE FIELD OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. V, Issue. VIII, http://isrj.org/UploadedData/7148.pdf

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