Bibliometrics and co-authorship

Abstract

This chapter reviews co-authorship in relation to bibliometrics studies. It presents what co-authorship means in bibliometric studies, how co-authoring relates to research productivity, and how the methodological decision effects whether co-authoring increases productivity. The chapter presents different aspects of author order decisions and to what extent the author order is useful to interpret researchers' contribution to a publication. It discusses the methodological issues of assigning and counting co-authorship credit.