An analysis of knowledge production and patterns of authorship in fourteen law journals from 2005 – 2019.

Authors

Sardar Ali Shah, Assistant Professors, Institute of Law, University of Sindh, Jamshoro/Hyderabad Sindh, PakistanFollow
Rehana Anjum, Assistant Professors, Institute of Law, University of Sindh, Jamshoro/Hyderabad Sindh, PakistanFollow
Taimoor Ali, Final Year Student, Bachelor of Law and Litigation (LLB) Batch 15/Roll No. 70 Indus College of Law, Hyderabad, Sindh PakistanFollow
Saleh Ali Alqarni, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Library, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh Saudi ArabiaFollow
Zameer Hussain Baladi, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Library, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh Saudi ArabiaFollow

Date of this Version

2021

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Approach: To identify authors' association in each document published in fourteen law journals from 2005 – 2019. Methodology: Data for research downloaded from Scopus-Elsevier databases. International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) as "Default" use in the menu bar of each journal in CSV file format to tabulate in MS Excel year-wise, and degree of collaboration.

Results: There are 7688 documents under eight domains; articles, conference papers, editorial, erratum, letters to the editor, notes, review articles, and short surveys written by 13823 authors in fourteen journals linked with the subject of law from 2005 - 2019. Articles 5798; 75.4% were in majority, followed by review articles 1242; 16.1%, and 253; 3.2% of conference papers.

Besides, 4364 documents written by a single author, and the remaining 3324 papers out of 7688 documents scripted from 9459 authors collaboratively. Conclusion: This study displays that, every month, 42.7%, and 1.4 of documents published per day in fourteen law journals from 2005 – 2019. The 1.7 of author participation reveals the culture of collaboratively or teamwork among the law personals prevails in the studied period