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Abstract : |
Authorship characteristics in four major information science journals were examined to determine the details of their authors, such as sex occupation, affiliation, geographic distribution, and institutional affiliation. A total of 163 articles written by 294 authors were analyzed. Findings indicate that males (206 or 70.0%) publish 3.0 times more compared to females (69 or 23.5%), and the school of library and information science contributed the most male (39 or 78%), and female (11 or 22%) authors. Maximum number of authors (148 or 50.3%) were located in the U.S.A. with the Midwest (37 or 25.0%) region claiming the largest share. Academic libraries (110 or 37.4%) account for the major share of publication. Thirteen library and information science schools from the U.S.A. contributed 32 authors (50.0%). Assistant professors (25 or 39.1%) publish the most in library schools. Male library and information science school authors publish 1.6 times more in comparison to their female counterpart., |
