Physics Literature: An Informetric study

This study explores the authorship characteristics in Physic literature appended to 12 doctoral dissertations of the University of Kerala during 2003- 2007. A total of 3,796 references collected, includes 2,660 journals and 414 books were analysed. Results indicate that collaborative research is preferred rather than solo research. The degree of collaboration in journal articles in different years gives an average value 0.77, and for books the degree of collaboration is 0.40. It is noted that authorship trends and degree of collaboration are different in journal papers and in books.