Foreigners' point of view towards collaboration with Iranian authors

• Main Author: Mahsa Nikzad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Webology Center 2012-12-01
• Series: Webology
• Subjects: Co-authorship; Co-publication; Scientific collaboration; Scientometric; Motivations; Non-Iranian authors; Iran
• Online Access: http://www.webology.org/2012/v9n2/a101.html

Co-authorship is a process in which two or more authors share their ideas, resources and data to create a joint work. This study examines the motivations of non-Iranians who had a joint work with Iranian authors. A web questionnaire was sent by e-mail to 320 non-Iranian researchers who had published a joint work with Iranian authors in the first half of 2012. Results showed that most of non-Iranian co-authors were once the supervisors of their Iranian co-authors, and the main reason for this collaboration was getting new ideas. The majority of respondents were satisfied with their cooperation and the benefits they gained. In general, non-Iranians and Iranians got familiar because Iranians studied abroad.