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This paper examines the patterns of multiple authorship in five information systems journals. Specifically, we determine the distribution of the number of authors per paper in this field, the proportion of male and female authors, gender composition of research teams, and the incidence of collaborative relationships spanning institutional affiliations and across different geographic regions.
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Cunningham, S.J., Dillon, S.M. Authorship patterns in information systems. Scientometrics 39, 19–27 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457428
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