A study on scientific collaboration and co-authorship patterns in library and information science studies in Iran between 2005 and 2009.

Background: Scientific collaboration is among the most important subjects in scientometrics, and many studies have investigated this concept to this day. The goal of the current study is investigation of scientific collaboration and co-authorship patterns of researchers in the field of library and information science in Iran between years 2005 and 2009.

Materials And Methods: The current study uses scientometrics method.

Study of co-authorship network of papers in the Journal of Research in Medical Sciences using social network analysis.

Background: Co-authorship is one of the most tangible forms of research collaboration. A co-authorship network is a social network in which the authors through participation in one or more publication through an indirect path have linked to each other. The present research using the social network analysis studied co-authorship network of 681 articles published in Journal of Research in Medical Sciences (JRMS) during 2008-2012.