Scientific Co-Authorship According to RSCI and Scopus Data for 2000-2020: Growth Trends
Abstract
Scientific co-authorship is a direct reflection of scientific collaboration. Foreign studies based on Web of Science and Scopus data show that over the past decades there has been an increase in the number of co-authors of scientific publications in international journals in various disciplines. The paper compares the growth trends in the number of co-authors according to the RSCI and Scopus data. The study was conducted in five thematic areas (chemistry, history, mathematics, medicine, and physics) from 2000 to 2020. The article shows the identity of the trends in the growth of the number of co-authors in the cases of publications on history and mathematics, and a noticeable difference in other scientific fields.
About the Authors
Sergey Andreevich Durnev
Scientific Electronic Library (eLIBRARY.RU)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Znamenskaya
Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Anatolievich Pechnikov
Institute of Applied Mathematical Research of the Karelian Research Centre of RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry Evgen'evich Chebukov
Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Durnev S.A., Znamenskaya E.A., Pechnikov A.A., Chebukov D.E. Scientific Co-Authorship According to RSCI and Scopus Data for 2000-2020: Growth Trends. Russian Digital Libraries Journal. 2026;29(1):60-75. (In Russ.)
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