A Brief Analysis on the Co-Authorship of Papers in Xizang Science and Technology During 1980—2022

Zhang Lin; Zhang Yalin; Zhou Wei; Chen Shasha; Luosong Lacuo

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-3403.2025.05.004

Abstract：Scientific research collaboration has become an important way to realize scientific research,and it is also one of the crucial means for knowledge production and dissemination in today's society.It is of great significance to sort out the co-authorship of published papers in a certain field to understand the development context of journals in collaborative research,so as to effectively promote collaborative research in related fields and promote the high-quali-ty development of journals.Based on the 7985 papers published in Xizang Science and Technology from 1980 to 2022,this paper analyzed the overall situation and annual development trend in detail by selecting indicators such as co-authorship rate and average number of authors per paper(collaboration degree).The results showed:(1)Over the past 43 years,the overall co-authorship rate of papers in the journal was 49.07％.and more than half of the academic papers were monographs;(2)In terms of the number of co-authors,91.2％of the papers had no more than 4 authors(including 4),most of the co-authored papers had 2 authors,and 5 or more co-authored papers accounted for less than 8.8％.(3)The degree of paper collaboration was 2.0 authors per paper,and the overall trend reflected an increasing pattern,reaching a historical high of 2.92 authors per paper in 2022.Similar to the collaboration degree,the co-au-thorship rate also showed an upward trend,with the peak at 69.96％appearing in 2021.(4)Both the co-authorship rate and cooperation degree can be divided into two distinct periods(1980-2003 and 2004-2022)with the bound-ary set around 2003-2004,and there existed a significant upward trend for both two indicators in different periods,possibly due to macro policies and funding regulation.(5)The proportion of papers co-authored by 2 or more authors showed a significant upward trend over the past 17 years.The results indicate that although the co-authorship rate and collaboration degree of Xizang Science and Technology are generally low,they have shown a relatively rapid growth rate over the past two decades suggesting that scientific research cooperation is evolvingfrom small-scale to large-scale endeavor,exhibiting a relatively stable and positive trend.