Collaborative Authorship Patterns and Applicability of Lotka’s Law: An Analysis of Indian Authors’ Productivity in International LIS Journals (2003–2023)
Author(s): Dr. Suma B.
Abstract: This article reveals the collaborative authorship trend of Indian author's productivity in LIS literature published in Emerald LIS journals indexed in Web of Science database and the applicability of Lotka's law. Data retrieved from the Web of Science database for this study. 529 articles published by 1415 Indian authors in Emerald LIS Journals, study assessed the collaborative authorship trend on using different parameters like journal wise pattern, year wise collaboration, co-authorship index, ranked list of most productive authors and the level of collaboration.
Keywords - Authorship pattern; Collaboration; Collaborative trend; Bibliometric Study; Lotka’s Law, Kolmogorov – Smirnov (K-S) test; Indian Author's Productivity.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.12.3.2026.2152
Cite This Article As: Suma B (2026) Collaborative Authorship Patterns and Applicability of Lotka’s Law: An Analysis of Indian Authors’ Productivity in International LIS Journals (2003–2023). International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 12(3) 296-305 www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-2152 Page: 296-305 Publication Date: 18 September 2026