The influence of various forms of co-authorship on the scientific productivity of Russian scientists in the field of molecular biology

This paper considers the influence of different forms of co-authorship as the main aspect of collaboration in science on the productivity of Russian scientists in the field of molecular biology. We attempt to confirm or refute assumptions about the impacts of different forms of co-authorship on improvement of the citation rates of publications, viz., the number of co-authoring scientists, the number of co-authoring organizations, and international co-authorship. Trends in the dynamics of proportional redistribution of articles and reviews as types of publications in document flows and the impacts of these processes on the citation levels of publications are analyzed. The information base of this study is the Web of Science Core Collection (Thomson Reuters).

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