Multi-authored Articles Research Articles

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome: a comparative bibliometric analysis

ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze and map scientific literature on Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) and Serotonin Syndrome (SS) from prestigious, internationally indexed journals. The objective was to identify key topics, impactful articles, prominent journals, research output, growth patterns, hotspots, and leading countries in the field, providing valuable insights for scholars, medical students, and international funding agencies.MethodsA systematic search strategy was implemented in the PubMed MeSH database using specific keywords for NMS and SS. The search was conducted in the Scopus database, renowned for its extensive coverage of scholarly publications. Inclusion criteria comprised articles published from 1950 to December 31st, 2022, restricted to journal research and review articles written in English. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel for descriptive analysis, and VOSviewer was employed for bibliometric mapping.ResultsThe search yielded 1150 articles on NMS and 587 on SS, with the majority being case reports. Growth patterns revealed a surge in NMS research between 1981 and 1991, while SS research increased notably between 1993 and 1997. Active countries and journals differed between NMS and SS, with psychiatry journals predominating for NMS and pharmacology/toxicology journals for SS. Authorship analysis indicated higher multi-authored articles for NMS. Top impactful articles focused on review articles and pathogenic mechanisms. Research hotspots included antipsychotics and catatonia for NMS, while SS highlighted drug interactions and specific medications like linezolid and tramadol.ConclusionsNMS and SS represent rare but life-threatening conditions, requiring detailed clinical and scientific understanding. Differential diagnosis and management necessitate caution in prescribing medications affecting central serotonin or dopamine systems, with awareness of potential drug interactions. International diagnostic tools and genetic screening tests may aid in safe diagnosis and prevention. Reporting rare cases and utilizing bibliometric analysis enhance knowledge dissemination and research exploration in the field of rare drug-induced medical conditions.

In health research publications, the number of authors is strongly associated with collective self-citations but less so with citations by others

ObjectiveThis study investigated the associations between the number of authors and collective self-citations versus citations by others.Study design and settingWe analyzed 88,594 health science articles published in 2015 and citations they received until 2020. The main variables were the number of authors, the number of citations by co-authors (collective self-citations), and the number of citations by others.ResultsThe number of authors correlated more strongly with the number of citations by co-authors than with citations by others (Spearman r 0.31 vs. 0.23; mutually adjusted r 0.26 vs. 0.12). The percentage of self-citations among all citations was 10.6% for single-authored articles, and increased gradually with the number of authors to 34.8% for ≥ 50 authors. Collective self-citations increased the proportion of articles reaching or exceeding 30 total citations by 0.7% for single-authored articles, but by 11.6% for articles written by ≥ 50 authors.ConclusionsIf citations by others reflect scientific utility, then another mechanism must explain the excess of collective self-citations observed for multi-authored articles. The results support the hypothesis that the authors’ own motivations explain this excess. The evaluation of scientific utility should also be based on citations by others, excluding collective self-citations.

Multi-dimensional perspectives on electric vehicles design: A mind map approach

The increased demand for transport and deteriorating condition of living environment have created a lot of pressure on various authorities to use alternate technologies in transport systems. Electric Vehicles (EVs) are considered as energy transition to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, energy consumption, air pollution, and health issues. The study aims to provide a comprehensive multi-dimensional overview on electric vehicles design. The study analyses 12 years (2008–2020) period of scientific contributions. The development of EVs topics is significantly increased since 2011. The collaboration Index (CI = 3.08) suggests a good ratio of authors' count from multi-authored articles. The findings illustrate the combination of identified key factors for EVs. The word cloud highlights the focusing features related to EVs such as charging batteries, e-mobility, environment, sustainability, transportation, and renewable energy. Topic trends suggest the chronological evolution of EVs since 2011. The co-occurrence network discloses the association of key factors used in EVs. The proposed novel mind map discusses five aspects of EV design as i). Government planning; ii). EV Variants; iii). Energy Management; iv). Consumers’ expectations and v). Economic perspectives. The various stakeholders like policymakers, manufacturers, vehicle designers, consumers, energy companies, and service providers would get benefited from outcomes of this study to take initiatives on EVs. • Electric vehicles are one of the pillars for economic growth and smart urbanization. • Substituting renewable energy sources for traditional resources are still challenging. • Stakeholders are trying to push for energy efficient transport. • A Mind Map is proposed for multi-dimensional perspectives on Electric vehicles.

Evaluating the research performance of women scientists in Indian research laboratories based on Scopus citation database: A bibliometric analysis

This study examines the contributions of women scientists currently working in various research organizations under the Ministry of Science and Technology, India. Women scientists were identified through the official websites of the research laboratories and their publication performance has been tracked using the Scopus database. There are 901 women scientists working in 78 research organizations under the Ministry and have published 21810 publications up to December 2019, almost 65 percent of which has been appeared during 2010 to 2019. The publication per scientist has risen from 6.85 article per year before 2000 to 10.45 paper in 2015-2019 which indicates increasing participation of women in science from India. Women scientists are primarily engaged in biological sciencesresearch, however fields such as materials sciences, nano-technology, and astrophysics are also becoming the preferred subject choices among women. Women scientists mostly published their articles as a member of a team of utmost 10 authors, however, their position in multi-authored articles is mostly as co-authors than that of principal authors. Women in the age group ofbetween31 to 40 produced maximum publications, and almost 98 percent of publications appeared in collaboration with other scientists.This study confirms that publication productivity does not decline with age. There are women scientists who stay active in research and keep their productivity at a high level until their retirement. The study suggests that the increasing participation of women in Indian science is encouraging, as such more funding opportunities to younger women researchers may be important to give them more lead time to build a strong career.

Alphabetized co-authorship in economics reconsidered

In this article, we revisit the analysis of Laband and Tollison (Appl Econ 38(14):1649–1653, 2006) who documented that articles with two authors in alphabetical order are cited much more often than non-alphabetized papers with two authors in the American Economic Review and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Using more than 120,000 multi-authored articles from the Web of Science economics subject category, we demonstrate first that the alphabetization rate in economics has declined over the last decade. Second, we find no statistically significant relationship between alphabetized co-authorship and citations in economics using six different regression settings (the coefficients are very small). This result holds mostly true when accounting both for journal heterogeneity and intentionally or incidentally alphabetical ordering of authors. We find some evidence that alphabetization in case of two authos increases citations rates for very high-impact journals. Third, we show that the likelihood of non-alphabetized co-authorship increases the more authors an article has.

COVID-19 effect on the gender gap in academic publishing

The authors wanted to verify a popular belief that women scholars have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied the first names of authors of 266,409 articles from 2813 journals in 21 disciplines, and we found no significant differences between men and women in publication patterns between 2021, 2020, and 2019 overall. However, we found significant differences in publication patterns between gender in different disciplines. In addition, in disciplines where the proportion of women authors is higher, there are fewer single-authored articles. In the multi-author articles if the first author is female, there is more gender balance among authors, although there are still fewer women co-authors.

A bibliometric overview of the Journal of Workplace Learning

PurposeThis study aims to analyze the Journal of Workplace Learning (JWL), focusing on articles between 1997 and 2020. Specifically, this study will examine articles in JWL, themes in JWL and the influence of JWL.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts bibliometric analysis methods, with indicators such as total articles, total citations, citation per article, h-index, Citescore, citation per year and considers different dimensions, including the leading articles, the most productive and influential authors, universities and countries, top keywords and keywords concurrence clusters and top journals, universities and countries that cite JWL.FindingsJWL is an international journal with growing influence over workplace learning research. JWL’s leading articles focused on learning activities and learning environments, with single-authored and multi-authored articles evenly distributed. Dealtry and Billett are among the most productive and influential authors, and universities from Europe, Australia and North America dominate in JWL. Persistent topics and new topics that emerged in recent years in JWL are identified. JWL’s influence is well-evidenced by citations from over six continents.Originality/valueThis study represents the earliest attempt to study workplace learning using bibliometric analysis. It serves as a baseline for future bibliometric studies on workplace learning and guides authors in identifying research directions through the shift in keywords. It offers objective information about JWL, thus providing a reference for authors who are considering JWL as a potential publication outlet.

Knowledge and Awareness of Authorship Practices Among Health Science Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

BackgroundThe International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has published clear guidelines on the authorship of scientific papers. It is the research team’s responsibility to review and ensure those guidelines are met. Authorship ethics and practices have been examined among healthcare professionals or among particular health science students such as medical students. However, there is limited evidence to assess the knowledge of authorship roles and practices among health science students.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the knowledge of authorship guidelines practices among health science students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A survey was developed and distributed. It covered several domains, including demographic characteristics, participant’s knowledge and attitude of authorship practices, knowledge and experience with ghost and guest authorships, and knowledge of institutional authorship policies. Moreover, a score was computed to reflect the respondents’ knowledge about authorship practices.ResultsAmong the 321 participants who agreed to take the survey, two-thirds agreed with and supported that multi-authored articles’ credit allocation should be based on the most significant contribution and contributions to the manuscript writing. Almost 47% agreed that team relationships would influence authorship allocation. The majority of the participants were not aware of their institutional research and publication policies. Also, around 50% of participants were not aware of guest or ghost authorships. Finally, the knowledge score about authorship credits, allocation, contribution, order, and guidelines was higher among students who were assigned as corresponding authors and those who were aware of their institutional authorship guidelines and policies.ConclusionIn conclusion, our findings suggest that health science students may have limited knowledge about authorship guidelines and unethical behaviors involved in a scientific publication. Universities and research centers should make more efforts to raise the awareness of health science students regarding authorship guidelines while ensuring that they comply with those guidelines.

Collaborative Research Trends and Authorship Patterns in North Eastern Hill University from 2000 to 2010

Authorship trends and collaborative research are studied in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) based on the data collected from Annual Report and NEHU Institutional Repository published during the year 2000-2010. Outcome of the study shows that multi authored articles 64.93% prevail the single authored articles 35.07%. The degree of collaboration in NEHU is 0.65. Average number of authors per paper varies from 2.29 to 3.44. In 10 years from 2000 to 2010 the average no. of authors per paper is 2.72. . This study is in support for the fact that NEHU faculty members preferred collaborative trends for their research and publication work.

The Network Structure of the Forestry Research as a Scientific Field in Turkey between 1999 and 2019

This study aims to analyse and map the network structure of the scholarly communications in the realm of forestry research between 1999 and 2019 in Turkey using bibliometric analysis and social network analysis methods of the articles published within Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS). A total of 8689 records, including their bibliographic data, were extracted from WoS. The analysis of each sub-period shows that the number of international collaboration of Turkish authors has increased globally from 23 countries in the first sub-period to 113 countries in the last sub-period within forestry publications. Also, the annual percentage rate of publications has increased from 58 articles in 1999 to 1016 in 2019 in the realm of forestry alongside with their received average citations in each sub-period. Multi-author articles precede single-author articles in the field of forestry in each sub-period. This research is the first analysis of forest research production using bibliometric and network analysis in Turkey. According to the results biomass, remote sensing and climate change were current trends on forest research in Turkey. Incidentally, the research findings can be used by policymakers regarding future investments in forestry research development.

Trending topics in orthodontics research during the last three decades: A longitudinal bibliometric study on the top-cited articles.

To perform a bibliometric analysis on the top-cited articles over the last three decades from 1989 to 2018, using a longitudinal set-up, in order to analyse how articles' features have evolved over time. A sample of 312 articles divided into three subgroups of 104 top-cited articles for each decade were included. The h-index value was used to determine the sample size. The articles were identified through a search in the category "dentistry oral surgery and medicine" of the Web of Science database. The information relative to the articles was collected. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the articles and the journals; selected parameters were analysed with the Kruskal-Wallis and the Mann-Whitney U test at the 0.05 level of significance. The top-cited articles were published mainly by orthodontic journals. Along the last two decades, the scientific contribution of Asian and South American countries rose significantly. The trending topics varied in each decade. Skeletal anchorage-related articles dominated the production of the decade 1999-2008 while new technologies as CBCT displayed a higher prevalence in the last decade, where new topics such as corticotomy-assisted orthodontics started to appear. The number of multi-authored articles increased while the articles from no university institutions decreased. The publications in the three studied decades were significantly different in terms of numbers and characteristics. A longitudinal set-up allows to study the evolution of the scientific production and how the area of interest has developed over time.

Navigating the Decisions and Ethics of Authorship: An Examination of Graduate Student Journal Article Authorship

Authorship and authorship order are visual shortcuts that communicate student success. We content analyzed to what extent graduate students published as lead authors in 10 refereed communication and media journals over a decade (2007–2016) examining student authorship, coauthorship, and affiliations. Graduate students appeared in approximately 23% of the sampled articles with graduate students most often appearing as lead author on multiauthored articles. If there is an increasing expectation to secure lead authorship, students may need to navigate the authorship process. Guidelines are provided on how to assess and negotiate authorship based on intellectual contributions, tasks, and sustained commitment.

Authorship in a Scientific Document

Multi-authored articles on scientific research are nowadays the norms rather than the exceptions. This is due to the increasing complexity of modern research, both basic and clinical, that involves different competencies and often in a different location either locally or internationally.1 Often citation impact is greater in these papers with international co-operation. Co-operative research also introduces new ideas and centre advancement. However, this necessarily leads to problems such as relative author contribution, first and last authors issues, co-author self-citation and document accountability. In some situations, 'ghost' authors (e.g. an industrial sponsor) and 'guest' authors (e.g. a well known investigator in the field) may post further issues.

Hyperauthorship: A comparative study of genetics and high-energy physics research

The number of hyperauthored articles has increased in certain disciplines; yet, little research has been conducted on hyperauthorship. Because genetics and high-energy physics are fields that exhibit hyperauthorship, this study focused on the differences and trends in the characteristics and influence of hyperauthored articles in these fields, for which articles published between 2004 and 2013 were used. The findings show that the percentage of hyperauthored articles in high-energy physics was higher than that of those in genetics. Although low small proportions of hyperauthored articles were identified in the two fields, increasing trends were observed in the annual percentages of hyperauthored articles. The average numbers of authors, institutions, and countries per hyperauthored article in high-energy physics were higher than those in genetics. Furthermore, increasing trends were identified in the annual average numbers of authors and institutions per hyperauthored article in both fields. The average numbers of citations received by hyperauthored articles were significantly greater than those of other coauthored articles in both fields. A higher percentage of hyperauthored articles in high-energy physics received more than 100 citations than did multiauthored articles. A similar phenomenon did not occur in genetics.

Trend analysis of co-authorship network in Library Hi Tech

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of collaboration among researchers in Library Hi Tech based on the co-authorship network analysis.Design/methodology/approachThe Library Hi Tech publications were retrieved from Web of Science database between 2006 and 2017. Social network analysis based on co-authorship was analyzed by using BibExcel software and a visual knowledge map was generated by Pajek. Three important social capital indicators: degree centrality, closeness centrality and betweenness centrality were calculated to indicate the co-authorship. Cohesive subgroup analysis which includes components and k-core was then applied to show the connectivity of co-authorship network of Library Hi Tech.FindingsThe results indicated that around 42 percent of the articles were written by single author, while an increasing trend of multi-authored articles suggesting the collaboration among researchers in librarian research field becomes popular. Furthermore, the social network analysis identified authorship network with three core authors – Markey, K., Fourie, I. and Li, X. Finally, six core subgroups each included six or seven tightly connected researchers were also identified.Originality/valueThis study contributed to the existing literature by revealing the co-authorship network in librarian research field. Key researchers in the major subgroup were identified. This is one of the limited studies that describe the collaboration network among authors from different perspectives showing a more comprehensive co-authorship network.

Authorship Trends and Collaborative Research in Dyslexia Research Output: A Scientometric Study

The present study aims at describing both the common and the distinguishing features of co authorship trends and patterns in Dyxlexia research output based on the data collected from Web of science database published during the 1989-2017. Outcome of the study shows that multi authored articles 83.09% prevail the single authored articles 16.96%. It also shows that author Shaywitz SE J has got highest 7383 global citations against 54 publications. This study is in support for the fact that Dyslexia research output is collaborative in all aspects Ranking of Authors based on Publications.

Gender disparities in high-quality dermatology research: a descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships

ObjectiveThe present study aims to elucidate the state of gender equality in high-quality dermatological research by analysing the representation of female authorships from January 2008 to May 2017.DesignRetrospective, descriptive study.Setting113...

Características de la producción científica de instituciones de Puebla indexada en la Web of Science

En este artículo describimos el ámbito de la investigación en el estado de Puebla, México, cuyos resultados han sido publicados en revistas indizadas en la Web of Science (WoS). El corpus examinado fue recopilado mediante el procedimiento de búsqueda con la palabra “puebla” en los campos organización y dirección, restringido al periodo 2008-2012. Como se desprende de los datos obtenidos la Universidad Autónoma de Puebla y el Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica son los organismos más productivos del estado de Puebla. Nos centramos en los 102 artículos más citados del periodo y observamos que la producción científica con participación de instituciones poblanas se concentra en las ciencias físicas y biomédicas. Esta producción, mayoritariamente, proviene de colaboraciones de carácter internacional y las publicaciones más citadas presentan al menos tres autores; mientras que los textos de responsabilidad individual tienen poco impacto, de acuerdo con el número de citas registradas. Asimismo, estudiamos las diferencias por áreas científicas en cuanto a producción e impacto en términos de citas.AbstractThis article describes the scope and characteristics of the research developed in the state of Puebla, Mexico, whose results have been published in journals indexed in the Web of Science. The analyzed corpus was compiled by the search procedure with the word “puebla” in the organization and address fields, restricted to the period 2008-2012. We observed from the data obtained that the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica are the most productive institutions of Puebla. Our focus was on the 102 most cited articles of the period. Scientific production of Puebla institutions focuses on the physical and biomedical sciences and this production derives mostly from international collaborations. The multiauthor articles (at least three authors) are the most cited publications, while the individual research papers have little impact according to their number of citations. Finally, we analyze the differences in impact factor across scientific fields.

Multi-authoring and its impact on university rankings: a case study of CERN effect on Turkish universities

ABSTRACTMulti-authoring has been gaining popularity since the foundation of academic publishers. Today we observe a global trend in favor of multi-authoring. On the other hand, in certain domains, such as CERN collaborations in physics, multi-authoring has a different connotation than other domains. The number of co-authors may be above 5000, an all-time record in the history of academic publishing. CERN collaborations have been accomplishing one of the most significant achievements in physics, as well; therefore, the collaborations produce highly cited articles. Highly cited, multi-authored articles have influenced university rankings in the past decade, due to the distribution of the citations per affiliated institution. In the present study, we analyze the influence of multi-authored articles on ranking methodologies. Our findings reveal that the presence of multi-authored CERN articles have a significant impact on all bibliometric ranking indicators, and consequently on the ranking positions of the institutions worldwide.

Twenty-five years and counting: an analysis of the Journal of Strategic Marketing

This article presents a content analysis of the Journal of Strategic Marketing (JSM) over 24 years from the journal’s inception in 1993 to 2017. No similar attempt on an analysis of JSM has been found. Analyses were completed to examine how the journal has developed and to uncover relevant information for editors, reviewers, researchers and future authors of JSM by analysing research themes, author and manuscript characteristics, and citation metrics. The findings reveal an increase in multi-authored articles, an increase in empirical research and in the internationalization of researchers. These and other factors illuminate sources and implications of the journal’s current state. The relevance of these findings is discussed as it pertains to the future success and publishing opportunities in the Journal of Strategic Marketing.