Profiles of monograph authors in the social sciences and humanities: an analysis of productivity, career stage, co-authorship, disciplinary affiliation and gender, based on a regional bibliographic database

Frederik T. Verleysen () and Truyken L. B. Ossenblok ()
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Frederik T. Verleysen: University of Antwerp
Truyken L. B. Ossenblok: University of Antwerp

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 111, issue 3, No 22, 1673-1686

Abstract: Abstract Scholarly monograph authors are compared to other authors, based on bibliographic data registered in the VABB-SHW database from Flanders (Belgium). Monograph authors are found to be most often established male researchers with high productivity, who are relatively less involved in research collaboration (co-authored publications) than are other authors. There exists a clear divergence between most of the individual social science disciplines, where monograph authors make up a marginal share of all authors, and several humanities disciplines where shares are up to one fifth. Relatively more female and non-established authors publish monographs in the humanities compared to the social sciences. A statistical comparison of productivity points to diverging publication patterns in Flemish SSH research: the group of most productive authors counts both monograph authors who also rely on other book publication types, and other authors who publish mostly journal articles.

Keywords: Social sciences and humanities; Books; Disciplinary affiliation; Career-stage; Gender; Co-authorship; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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