Journal
SCIENTOMETRICS
Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 877-890Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0552-1
Keywords
Bibliometrics; Library and Information Science; Scientific collaboration; Co-authorship
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This study analyzes the level of co-authorship of Spanish research in Library and Information Science (LIS) until 2009, the chronological development that has taken place, and the level of local, domestic and international cooperation. This bibliometric study was made using the data retrieved from the Web of Knowledge (WoK) following a dual strategy-on the one hand through the filter of the category Information Science & Library Science, and on the other hand through a subject search. In this way a significant number of works has been retrieved, some of which are in journals indexed in SCI or A&HCI and not in the SSCI. The results show a significant increase in all co-authorship, including publications in English and those involving international collaboration. As with the increase in Spanish participation in social science (WoK), this growth, coupled with the significant increase in Spanish scientific production in the area of LIS, suggests that the discipline in Spain has entered a more mature phase-although so far it has focused particularly on bibliometric studies.
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