A Survey on Collaboration Rate of Authors in Producing Scientific Papers in Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology During 2002-2010

The aim of this study was to determine collaboration among authors who published articles in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology during 2002-2010. In a scientometric study، original articles published in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology during 2002-2010 were included. Obtained data were analyzed by Excel software and descriptive statistics (frequencies and means) were reported. The collaboration coefficient was 0. 61. Findings indicated that Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (with 236 articles) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (with 167 articles) have had the most grouping published articles in the journal among other research institutes and scientific centers. Author’s collaboration in the Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology is suitable. It seems that browsing author''s collaboration coefficient in this journal periodically can improve it and is suggested.