What is the optimal number of researchers for social science research?
What is the optimal number of researchers for social science research?
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DOI：
10.1007/s11192-014-1441-1
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发表时间：
2014
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Jonathan M. Levitt
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作者：
Jonathan M. Levitt
许多研究发现，合著的研究比单一作者的研究更容易被引用。这一发现与政策相关，因为它表明，鼓励共同撰写的研究将倾向于最大化引用影响。然而，虽然研究的引文影响随着科学作者数量的增加而增加，但这种情况在社会科学中发生的程度尚不清楚。作为回应，本研究调查了19个社会科学学科1995年、1998年、2001年、2004年和2007年发表的一到四位作者的论文的平均被引水平。结果表明，虽然至少有两名作者在所有社会科学学科中都具有显著的引文影响优势，但额外的作者在某些学科中是有益的，但在其他学科中则不是。
Many studies have found that co-authored research is more highly cited than single author research. This finding is policy relevant as it indicates that encouraging co-authored research will tend to maximise citation impact. Nevertheless, whilst the citation impact of research increase as the number of authors increases in the sciences, the extent to which this occurs in the social sciences is unknown. In response, this study investigates the average citation level of articles with one to four authors published in 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007 in 19 social science disciplines. The results suggest that whilst having at least two authors gives a substantial citation impact advantage in all social science disciplines, additional authors are beneficial in some disciplines but not in others.