Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of spacecraft technology

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Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of spacecraft technology Iqbalahmad U Rajgoli Ashalatha Laxminarsaiah Article information:To cite this document: Iqbalahmad U Rajgoli Ashalatha Laxminarsaiah , (2015),"Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of spacecraft technology", The Electronic Library , Vol. 33 Iss 4 pp. -Permanent link to this document: http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. Authorship pattern and collaborative research in the field of spacecraft technologyAbstract Purpose: To study and analyse the authorship pattern and degree of collaboration in order to prepare a list of prolific authors and test Lotka's law of scientific productivity in spacecraft technology research. Design/methodology/approach:Data is collected from the print versions of three journals in the field of spacecraft technology for the period 2001-2011. In all, 154 volumes containing 1,907 papers were analysed and data is presented under different table headings. Findings: The study reveals that 4,355 authors have contributed 1,907 papers. The Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets has published the maximum (1,487) number of papers during the study period. Multi-authored papers with 87.15 percent of the contributions have dominated this field of research. The Journal of Spacecraft Technology has recorded the highest degree of collaboration of 0.90. James M. Longuski has published 20 papers in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets during the period 2001-2011. Lotka's law of scientific productivity is tested and conforms only partially. Research limitation/implications:The study is restricted only to the period 2001-2011 and the data is collected from the print versions of three journals in the field of spacecraft technology research.Originality/value: As far as space science and technology is concerned, there are not many bibliometric studies reported in the published literature. The present study will add value to the bibliometrics literature and provide publishing trends in spacecraft technology research.

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