Publishing and Authorship Pattern of Faculties in Tamil Nadu State Universities: An Analytical Study

Authors

  • R. Moorthy Research Scholar, Karunya University & Librarian, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore - 641 008, Tamil Nadu, India
  • J. Dominic University Librarian, Karunya University, Coimbatore - 641 114, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2014.4.1.400

Keywords:

University faculty publications, Authorship pattern

Abstract

This paper investigates publishing and authorship pattern of faculty members in Tamil Nadu state Universities. The questionnaire survey method has been used to collect the data from faculty members and the format has been used in the questionnaire. The researchers have distributed more than 2200 questionnaires to the faculty members of the Tamil Nadu State Universities. Three author patterns are found to be predominant in University faculty publications and next priority given to joint author pattern.

References

R. Moorthy and J.Dominic, Publishing Habit of Faculty Members in Bharathiar University: A Study, SALIS Journal of Information Management and Technology, Vol.3, No.2, July – Dec. 2012.

K.G.Pillai and K.G. Sudhier, Authorship patterns in physics literature: An informatics study on citations in doctoral theses of the Indian Institute of Science, 2007.

R. Moorthy, “Publishing Habits of Faculties in Tamilnadu State Universities: An Analytical Study”, Ph.D Synopsis, DLIS, Karunya University, Coimbatore, 2014.

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Published

05-05-2014

How to Cite

Moorthy, R., & Dominic, J. (2014). Publishing and Authorship Pattern of Faculties in Tamil Nadu State Universities: An Analytical Study. Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 4(1), 27–31. https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2014.4.1.400