A Study on Scientific Collaboration and individuals’‎‏ ‏Article Frequency

Abstract

Introduction: Today, scientific collaboration has a rising trend in scientific journals. Therefore, the aim of ‎the current study was to analyze the co-authorship network among authors of the Journal of ‎Health Information Management (JHIM).‎ Methods: The present applied and descriptive study was conducted through social networks analysis ‎approach. In the present study, 568 articles published in the JHIM from 2006 to 2014 were ‎studied. The data were analyzed using UciNet software and SPSS software. Results: The findings revealed that a large amount of the articles were the results of the collaboration ‎of three main authors. In addition, 25% ‎of the authors were the most influential individuals in ‎producing journal papers. These authors mostly collaborated with authors of ‎lower rank. The ‎authors were divided into 3 categories of outstanding, active, and non-active.‎ Conclusion: It can be concluded that co-authorship has had a rising trend in the JHIM. As the results ‎revealed, the number of articles with ‎multiple authors has increased. It seems that the ‎increasing of outstanding authors should be one of the policies of this journal.‎

Keywords

• Collaboration
• Journal Article
• Periodicals
• Co-authorship