Abstract:By examining publication data for seven top business and economics journals over the period 1980–2015, we find that the proportion of solo papers declined while papers with more than three authors increased, on average. We also find positive correlation between the proportion of solo papers and a journal’s acceptance rate. The rise in multi-authored papers can be explained as a response to the benefits conferred by research collaboration and the publish-or-perish culture that has led to tough competition for limited space in reputed journals. While research collaboration is beneficial, we put forward a case for the advantages of solo papers.

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商业和经济期刊中个人论文发表的趋势和周期

摘要：通过考察 1980 年至 2015 年期间七种顶级商业和经济期刊的发表数据，我们发现个人论文的比例下降，而三名以上作者的论文比例平均增加。我们还发现个人论文的比例与期刊的接受率之间存在正相关。多作者论文的增加可以解释为对研究合作带来的好处的回应，以及导致对知名期刊有限空间的激烈竞争的“要么出版要么消亡”的文化。虽然研究合作是有益的，但我们提出了个人论文优势的案例。