Harande YI "Author productivity and collaboration: An investigation of the relationship using the literature of technology" LIBRI 51(2):124-127, June 2001

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Yahaya Ibrahim Harande: fepazeri at hotmail.com

TITLE : Author productivity and collaboration: An investigation of the
relationship using the literature of technology

AUTHOR : Harande YI
JOURNAL : LIBRI 51 (2): 124-127 JUN 2001

 Document type: Article  Language: English Cited References: 15  Times
Cited: 0


Abstract:
Previous studies of author productivity and collaboration have established
that productive, active and prolific authors,
especially in the field of science, are also highly collaborative. The
purpose of this study is to determine whether the most productive authors in
the literature of technology for the three-year period 1993-1995, are also
the most collaborative. The study used the weighted-average method to
determine the extent of author collaboration and the Spearman rank
correlation coefficient was employed to determine the correlation between
productivity and collaboration. The study however, found that while the
degree of collaboration in the literature of technology was very low, the
productive authors correlated positively with the collaborative authors in
the field.

Addresses:
Harande YI, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Univ, Lib Dept, Univ Lib, PMB 0248,
Bauchi, Nigeria
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Univ, Lib Dept, Univ Lib, Bauchi, Nigeria

Publisher:
K G SAUR VERLAG KG, MUNICH

IDS Number:
456GZ

ISSN:
0024-2667

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