1. AUTHORSHIP PATTERN AND COLLABORATIVE STRENGTH AMONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS: A CASE STUDY OF THE NACLIN PROCEEDINGS
Dr. M.DORASWAMY
Associate Professor & Head
Department of Library and Information Science
(Bishop Caldwell E-resources Centre)
Dravidian University
Srininvasavanam, KUPPAM – A.P.
Dr. B.R. DORASWAMY NAICK
Assistant Professor, University Library
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Kakinada , Andhra Pradesh
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INTRODUCTION
In the era of bibliometric analysis, the analyzing of authorship pattern and productivity occupies a leadership position. The researchers in information science kept utmost on the concept of authorship and scientific documents. A scientific analysis of the nature of research collaboration and its influence on the allround research activity determines the author caliber and pattern. Today’s science demands on collaborative research and shared work and has always tried to enhance the level of position consistently, a trait amply reflected in the present study. Collaboration of works can be accessed through a broad view such as the number of authors write, how many people they write with and how has this affected their productivity.
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3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To examine the nature of the authorship pattern among the library and information science professionals in the NACLIN proceedings;
To study the proportion of single Vs multi-authored papers in NACLIN proceedings; and
To examine the degree of collaboration among the authors of the NACLIN proceedings.
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SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
The present study is concerned with the analysis of citations appeared in the NACLIN proceeding from the year 2001 to 2014 (with an exception of year 2010 when the proceedings was missed) were used for this study. A sample of 425 contributions of 2001 to 2014 published from National Conventions on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) proceedings is taken for the study.
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Results
Distribution of articles by conference volume
Year wise distribution of contributions from 2001 to 2014
S.No
Conference volume
No. of articles
Percentage 1
NACLIN-2001 42
9.88 2
NACLIN-2002 40
9.41 3
NACLIN-2003 46
10.82 4
NACLIN-2004 30
7.06 5
NACLIN-2005 6
NACLIN-2006 35
8.23 7
NACLIN-2007 54
12.71 8
NACLIN-2008 23
5.41 9
NACLIN-2009 26
6.12 10
NACLIN-2011 24
5.65 11
NACLIN-2012 20
4.71 12
NACLIN-2013 25
5.88 13
NACLIN-2014
TOTAL
425
100.00
This table shows that a total number of 425 articles published from 2001 to The average number of articles published for the thirteen years of record was articles for per conference proceeding. .
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6. Single authored articles (%) Multiple authored articles (%)
Single Vs multiple authorship articles in NACLIN proceedings
S.No
Year
Single authored articles (%)
Multiple authored articles (%)
Total articles (%) 1
NACLIN-2001
23 (54.76)
19 (45.24)
42 (100.00) 2
NACLIN-2002
25 (62.50)
15 (37.50)
40 (100.00) 3
NACLIN-2003
31(67.39)
15 (32.61)
46 (100.00) 4
NACLIN-2004
18 (60.00)
12 (40.00)
30 (100.00) 5
NACLIN-2005
10 (33.33)
20 (66.67) 6
NACLIN-2006
16 (45.71)
19 (54.29)
35 (100.00) 7
NACLIN-2007
29 (53.70)
25 (46.30)
54 (100.00) 8
NACLIN-2008
11 (47.83)
12 (52.17)
23 (100.00) 9
NACLIN-2009
12 (46.15)
14 (53.85)
26 (100.00) 10
NACLIN-2011
13 (54.17)
11 (45.83)
24 (100.00) 11
NACLIN-2012
12 (60.00)
8 (40.00)
20 (100.00) 12
NACLIN-2013
15 (60.00)
10 (56.67)
25 (100.00) 13
NACLIN-2014
13 (43.33)
17 (46.35)
TOTAL
228 (53.65)
197 (46.35)
425 (100.00)
This table shows that there is a closed competition between single authored articles Vs multi authored articles. Out of 425 articles, 228 (53.65%) are single authored articles, while 197 (46.35%) are multi authored articles
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7. Percentage of articles Cumulative percentage of articles
AUTHORSHIP PATTERN
S.No
No. of authors
No. of articles
Total No. of authors
Percentage of articles
Cumulative percentage of articles 1
Single
228
53.64 2
Two
128
256
30.12
83.76 3
Three 51
153
12.00
95.76 4
Four 18 72
4.24
100.00
TOTAL
425
709
This table shows that a total number of 709 authors have contributed 425 articles, where single authored papers are rated highest with 228 articles followed by two authored papers are 128 articles, three authored are by 51 articles, and four authored are by 18 articles.
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8. Average No. of authors per paper (AAP=A/P)
Average number of authors per paper in NACLIN proceedings
S.No
Year
Total No. of papers (P)
Total No. of Authors (A)
Average No. of authors per paper (AAP=A/P) 1
NACLIN-2001 42 67
1.6 2
NACLIN-2002 40 63 3
NACLIN-2003 46 68
1.5 4
NACLIN-2004 30 48 5
NACLIN-2005 62
2.1 6
NACLIN-2006 35 69
2.0 7
NACLIN-2007 54 86 8
NACLIN-2008 23
1.8 9
NACLIN-2009 26 10
NACLIN-2011 24 38 11
NACLIN-2012 20 12
NACLIN-2013 25 13
NACLIN-2014 56
1.9
TOTAL
425
709
This table shows that the single authorship is predominant in practice in the study. All most all the years there is an average of 1.6 authors per paper.
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9. Degree of collaboration in NACLIN proceedings
S.No
Year of the conference
No. of single authored papers
(Ns)
No. of Multiple authored papers
(Nm)
Degree of collaboration
C= Nm/ Nm+Ns 1
NACLIN-2001 23 19
0.45 2
NACLIN-2002 25 15
0.36 3
NACLIN-2003 31
0.33 4
NACLIN-2004 18 12
0.40 5
NACLIN-2005 10 20
0.67 6
NACLIN-2006 16
0.54 7
NACLIN-2007 29
0.46 8
NACLIN-2008 11
0.52 9
NACLIN-2009 14
NACLIN-2011 13
NACLIN-2012
NACLIN-2013
NACLIN-2014 17
0.57
The results this Table indicates interest to record that the degree of collaboration in NACLIN proceedings varied from 0.33 to The degree of collaborative research is seems to be no constant in all the years of NACLIN proceedings.
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CONCLUSION
This study demonstrates the authorship pattern and collaborative strength in the analysis of National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) proceedings. It is glaring from the study that single authorship is a common phenomenon among the library and information science professionals in conferences. From the thirteen years of data gathered from NACLIN proceedings, single authored papers surpassed multi authored papers for each proceeding which shows a sign of solidarity in this field. More so, the pattern of authorship also shows that single authored works are common. The average number of authors per contribution in NACLIN proceedings as a whole is 1.6. It can be concluded that this study indicates towards individual research than collaborative research. NACLIN 2007 stood first in the publication of highest number of articles which indicates at most zeal over publishing/presenting of papers followed by a lowest rate of interest on the part of the information science professionals towards publishing/presenting papers in NACLIN in the year 2012.
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THANK 'Q'
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