1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. © A Bibliometric Study Of Authorship Characteristics In Four International Information Science Journals Siddiqui, MA INT FEDERAT INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION, INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION; pp: 3-23; Vol: 22 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals http://www.kfupm.edu.sa Summary Authorship characteristics in four major information science journals were examined to determine the details of their authors, such as sex occupation, affiliation, geographic distribution, and institutional affiliation. A total of 163 articles written by 294 authors were analyzed. Findings indicate that males (206 or 70.0%) publish 3.0 times more compared to females (69 or 23.5%), and the school of library and information science contributed the most male (39 or 78%), and female (11 or 22%) authors. Maximum number of authors (148 or 50.3%) were located in the U.S.A. with the Midwest (37 or 25.0%) region claiming the largest share. Academic libraries (110 or 37.4%) account for the major share of publication. Thirteen library and information science schools from the U.S.A. contributed 32 authors (50.0%). Assistant professors (25 or 39.1%) publish the most in library schools. Male library and information science school authors publish 1.6 times more in comparison to their female counterpart. References: 1994, ALA HDB ORG MEMBERSH 1994, BOWKER ANN LIB BOOK *AM LIB ASS, 1986, AC PUBL LIBR DAT RAC ASHTON SV, 1978, SOC STUD SCI, V8, P341 ATKINS SE, 1988, LIBR TRENDS, V36, P633 BEGHTOL C, 1986, J EDUC LIBR INF SCI, V27, P12 BIDLACK RE, 1979, J ED LIBRARIANSHIP, V19, P318 BOTTLE RT, 1984, J INFORM SCI, V9, P107 BRADLEY SJ, 1992, J INFORM SCI, V18, P225 Copyright: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; http://www.kfupm.edu.sa

2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. © BUDD JM, 1990, COLL RES LIBR, V51, P463 BUTTLAR L, 1991, COLL RES LIBR, V52, P38 CLINE GS, 1982, COLL RES LIBR, V43, P208 CRONIN B, 1994, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V45, P61 FEEHAN PE, 1987, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V9, P173 FLEET CV, 1993, LIB INFORMATION SCI, V15, P257 GARLAND K, 1987, J EDUC LIBR INF SCI, V28, P87 GARLAND K, 1991, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V13, P49 GIANTURCO M, 1990, FORBES, V146, P288 GLANZEL W, 1988, J INFORM SCI, V14, P123 HAMADE SN, 1994, INT INF LIBR REV, V26, P139 HART R, 1990, LIB INFORMATION SCI, V12, P72 HARTER SP, 1993, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V44, P543 HERMAN IL, 1991, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V13, P37 HERUBEL JPV, 1990, COLLECTION MANAGEMEN, V13, P1 HERUBEL JPVM, 1991, BEHAV SOC SCI LIBR, V11, P49 KABIR SH, 1994, LIB SCI SLANT DOCUME, V31, P87 KIM MT, 1992, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V14, P75 LANCASTER FW, 1992, SCIENTOMETRICS, V24, P419 LEYDESDORFF L, 1993, SCIENTOMETRICS, V26, P135 LOCKETT MW, 1990, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V12, P281 METZ P, 1990, ACAD LIB RES PERSPEC, P143 MEYER T, 1996, COLL RES LIBR, V57, P23 NOUR MM, 1985, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V7, P261 OLSGAARD JN, 1980, COLL RES LIBR, V41, P49 OLSGAARD JN, 1984, COLL RES LIBR, V45, P5 OPPENHEIM C, 1979, SOC STUD SCI, V9, P507 PERITZ BC, 1980, LIBR RES, V2, P251 PERITZ BC, 1981, LIBR RES, V3, P47 POTTER WG, 1981, LIB TRENDS, V30, P3 RAPTIS P, 1992, LIBRI, V42, P35 ROUSSEAU R, 1992, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V43, P645 SCHMOCH U, 1993, SCIENTOMETRICS, V26, P193 SELLEN MK, 1984, COLL RES LIBR, V45, P129 SMITH LC, 1981, LIBR TRENDS, V30, P83 STERN RE, 1990, J AM SOC INFORM SCI, V41, P193 TERRY JL, 1996, COLL RES LIBR, V57, P377 WALLACE DP, 1990, LIBR J, V115, P61 WATSON PD, 1985, COLL RES LIBR, V46, P334 WHITE HD, 1989, ANNU REV INFORM SCI, V24, P119 WILLIAMSON E, 1989, SE LIB, V39, P13 YERKEY AN, 1993, LIBR INFORM SCI RES, V15, P165 ZAMORA GJ, 1981, COLL RES LIB, V42, P235 ZAMORA GJ, 1982, SPEC LIBR, V73, P100 Copyright: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; http://www.kfupm.edu.sa

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