Authorship Characteristics in Five International Library Science Journals

Abstract

This bibliometric study contributes a useful basis for compiling a profile of authorship characteristics in international library and information journals. Five journals were studied for details of the authors given in them. These details include sex, affiliation, rank, and the author's country. The study is based on such printed materials as articles, book reviews, letters, and editorials found in five English language international librarianship journals. The citations, references, and bibliographies were also studied. The geographic distribution, the age and the type of cited documents the authors used in writing articles were explored