AUTHORSHIP PATTERN IN DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
Amit Kumar Bandyopadhyay · Annals of Library and Information Studies · 2001
References appended to 92 Doctoral theses submitted to the Departments of mathematics, physics, mechanical engineering, philosophy and political science, University of Burdwan, India from 1981 to 1990 are taken as the object of study. Extent of multiple authorship, degree of authorship collaboration and their change with time are studied. Within broad subjects, multiple authored articles are found to be maximum in physics (62.24%) while 36.6% of the articles in mechanical engineering, 36.3% in mathematics, 12.3% in philosophy and only 3.85% in political science. Within specific subjects, multiple authorship is highest in nuclear physics (72.52%). The multiple authorship trend has increased steadily through decades (1950 to 1990) in physics, mathematics and psychology. In mechanical engineering, philosophy excluding psychology and political science, the multiple authorship trend has increased in the first few decades but then the trend has decreased for certain period. In mechanical engineering the multiple authorship was highest during 1951-1960. In philosophy excluding psychology, it was highest during 1971-1980 and in political science the multiple authorship was highest during 1961-1970