Authorship Pattern and Research Collaboration of Journal of Informetrics

The study highlights the authorship pattern and research collaboration in the area of Informetrics based on 420 scholarly communications appeared in the Journal of Informetrics during 2007 to 2013. Study illustrates various significant aspects like-types and trends of authorship, author productivity, degree of collaboration, collaborative index, geographical diffusion and institutional diversification of authorship. Findings suggest tangible growth of Informetrics literature over the years with predominantly multi-authored contributions. Result also show that Informetric research is unevenly scattered among 251 institutions from 38 countries around the globe.