Contribution Rate of Authors in Producing Scientific Papers in Journal of Health Information Management during 2004-2011

Document Type : مقاله کوتاه

Authors
Rahman Marefat 1
Hamid Keshavarz 1
Hasan Ashrafi Rizi 2
Somayeh Sirosi 3
1 Lecturer, Knowledge and Information Sciences, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, The University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Library and Information Sciences, Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Library and Information Sciences, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, The University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the contribution rate among authors who published articles in Journal of Health Information Management during 2004-2011. Methods: This was a descriptive-scientometrics study with a statistical procedure. The population of this study included the total issues of the Journal of Health Information Management (JHIM) articles which have been published during 2004-2011. Results: The results showed that 789 authors had published articles in JHIM and mean number of the authors per article was 3.03. In terms of gender, 56% of the authors were males and 44% were females. Findings indicated that Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran is most prolific among the other research institutes and scientific centers; furthermore this university has the most grouping published articles among the other research institutes and scientific centers (with 94 articles). Only 8.7% of the articles had single author. The results highlighted that the contribution coefficient was 0.64. Conclusion: Contribution rate of the authors in JHIM is in an acceptable level. Keywords: Journal of Health Information Management; Scientometrics; Collaboration; Periodicals