Growth versus scientific collaboration in the field of genetics: A scientometrics analysis

Abstract

This paper studies the relative growth rate of research publications versus the collaboration and authorship pattern of Genetics subject of the world and India. Study shows the higher the growth of literature and higher the scientific collaboration. The data has been collected from the articles listed in Web of Science 1993-2012. Discussess the types of collaboration and describe the measures of collaboration. Study Shows the variation with Collaboration Coefficient (CC), Collaboration Index (CI) and Degree of Collaboration (DC). Finally conclude that there is a relation between growth and scientific collaboration in the field of Genetics.

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