A survey on collaboration rate and co-authorship in published articles of Rostaniha (Botanical Journal of Iran) during ۲۰۰۰ to ۲۰۱۴

In this study, coefficient group collaboration and co-authorship papers published in Rostaniha journal (Botanical Journal of Iran) from ۲۰۰۰ to ۲۰۱۴ has been done. In addition,identifying the most active authors, organizations or institutions are involved in publishing articles group (co-authorship) and the countries with the highest participation and cooperation in the production of articles are the other objectives of the present study. The present study is conducted by scientometrics method and the research population including ۳۹۰ articles published during ۲۰۰۰–۱۴. Research findings show that, from ۳۹۰ published articles, ۸۸% was in Persian and ۱۲% in English language. Sixty-one percent of authors were males and remained ۳۹% as females. From the contributed countries, except Iran by ۹۵%, Germany, Japan and Armenia have had the most contribution. Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP) by ۱۶۵ articles (۴۳.۲%) was the most contributed institute followed by Tehran University with ۲۰, and Gilan University and Islamic Azad University with ۱۹ authors each. Most of the authors were tending to teamwork and co-produced of scientific works so that ۷۵.۴% of articles have been published through multi authorship cooperation while ۳۶.۷% have been written by three authors. The research hypothesis, "the existence of positive relation between published articles and co-authorship in Rostaniha journal" has been confirmed by ۷۷۴%.

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Co-authorship