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Walia, Paramjeet Kaur
- Authorship Pattern in Library and Information Science Journal Literature
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1 Department of Library and information Science, University of Delhi, Deihi- 110007, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science. University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, IN
1 Department of Library and information Science, University of Delhi, Deihi- 110007, IN
2 Department of Library and Information Science. University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, IN
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Information Studies, Vol 18, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 163-176Abstract
The purpose of this study is to mai<e a comparative analysis of authorship trends in USA, UK and hidia. In the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Nine LIS journals were selected for this study. These details include gender, occupation, affiliation, geographic location and coauthorship. The nine journals selected for this study are published from USA, UK and India. A total of 269 articles by 471 authors were analysed.. In spite of the fact that librarianship is perceived to be female-dominated, a larger number of articles were contributed by male authors except in the case of USA... LIS faculty contributed more articles (c.41%) in comparison to practising librarians, research scholars etc. collaborative papers are predominant in all the journals studied. LIS journals published from UK received more papers from other countries in comparison to journals published from USA and India.Keywords
Authorship Pattern, LIS Journal Literature, LIS Research.
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