A Bibliometric study on Collaborative Research in Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India: A Glimpse from Scopus Database

Authors

  • Shipra Awasthi Assistant Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi 110067, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

bibliometric, collaborative research, collaborative index, modified collaborative coefficient, degree of collaboration, social sciences

Abstract

This study has been conducted to measure the collaborative research among the social  scientist at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India during the year 1998-2017. The sample of  2128 articles has been collected from the Scopus database during the year 1998-2017 and  were analyzed to study the collaborative coefficient, collaborative index, year wise degree of  collaboration, modified collaboration coefficient, co-authorship index and language wise  distribution of articles. From this study, it is found that the growth rate of publications in the  social sciences is rapidly increasing. The collaborative coefficient is below 0.5 which implies  that single-authored papers are dominating. The co-authorship index for the single-authored  paper is higher, and the degree of collaboration is low as the value is 0. The research articles  are the preferred format to publish in the journals. This study was limited to the data  collected from the Scopus database during the period 1998-2017. The findings have  significant implications for the researchers/scholars to know the growth and trend of  collaborative research in the social sciences. This study extends the knowledge on the  bibliometric tools employed to measure the collaborative research in the social sciences. 

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Published

2019-05-12

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2019): Library Progress (International) (Jan-Jun) 2019

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Articles

How to Cite

A Bibliometric study on Collaborative Research in Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India: A Glimpse from Scopus Database . (2019). Library Progress (International), 39(1), 70–80. https://doi.org/10.48165/