Co-authorship networks in the field of library and information science 2006-2016

The main aim of current study was to investigation the scientific collaboration and co-authorship patterns of researchers in the field of library and information science in Web of Science Core Collection database during years 2006 and 2016. A total number of 2806 papers in the form of articles were extracted and went under analysis. The Science of Science and CiteSpace tool were used for mapping the co-authorship and co-organization network of papers.
Analysis of data showed that USA, China, and England were the most productive countries publishing papers in the field of library and Information Science. According to the scattering law of Bradford, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association was the most productive journal among core-journals.
The study furthermore showed that some American authors (Venkatesh, Kauffman, and Bates) played strategic rolls in creating the major components of co-authorship network in the field of library and information science.
The study concluded that in spite of the importance of collaborating teams in research activities that positively lead to the high quality publications, the collaboration among authors in the field of library and information science fields was weak and negligible.