scientific mapping

 The pillars of national security based on Iran’s 20-Year Vision Document may be achieved in the dimensions of social, economic, political, cultural, military, defense, and environmental security. The present article aims to identify and introduce the top research in each area by monitoring the scientific output in this field in the country. 

 The present research is an applied research with a scientometric approach conducted cross-sectionally between 2001 and 2023. A total of 6,554 indexed articles on national security in the ISC database were quantitatively reviewed to identify the top scientific outputs and important research topics in national security in Iran. Scientific maps were drawn using bibliometrics in R and VOSviewer software.    

 The trend of scientific production was upward, and the highest number of publications in all fields was between 2013 and 2018. The analysis of the statistical population showed that most of the research was conducted on social security, accounting for 42.05% of all national security outputs. Economic security with 19.49% and political security with 14.82% respectively ranked second and third. The journal “Studies of Social Security” was recognized as the leading journal with 460 articles in the field of social security and 26 articles in the field of cultural security. The scientific monthly “Economic Security” in the field of economic security; “Strategic Studies” in the fields of military security, political security, and environmental security published the most articles, and the journal “Defense Policy” was recognized as the superior in the field of defense security. The research journal “Law and Order Security” had the highest impact factor (1.96) and the journal “Environmental Science and Technology” had the highest accumulative citation (467).

 Geopolitical issues and the orientation of Iran’s foreign policy in the international system, legitimizing the system, cyber threats, and governance of media and social networks require further research to achieve scientific maturity in the field of national security.

People's way of life is based on culture and values, since different cultures are created from different human societies, that's why we see different styles of life. One of these styles is the Islamic lifestyle, which means a lifestyle based on Islamic teachings and values. The purpose of this research is to draw and analyze the scientific map and conceptual network of Islamic lifestyle research. The present research method is descriptive and with a scientific approach. The statistical population of this research includes all the English-language articles published in the subject area of ​​Islamic lifestyle, which have been indexed in the Scopus database between 1980 and the first six months of 2023, and includes 270 documents.

Turkey, with the production and publication of 43 works, ranks first, and Iran, with the production and publication of 38 works, ranks second among active and core countries in this field. Also, the analysis and drawing of the conceptual network and the scientific map of Islamic lifestyle publications showed that concepts such as woman, man, psyche, behavior and religion have created the most occurrences with Islam and represent the effective keywords of Islamic lifestyle research; Therefore, the application of the results of the present research provides an objective and real insight to scientific and religious researchers and planners in determining research and implementation strategies in the field of Islamic lifestyle.

Soft power is the ability to influence others to achieve optimal results through attractive rather than compulsory or despised. The study of the researches conducted by researchers in the field of soft power, in addition to showing their level of scientific capability and their impact on scientific development, can be considered as an appropriate criterion for scientific evaluation of this society for scientific promotion of the authorities. The aim of this study was to investigate the co-authoring network of soft power writers in Iran. This study is a scientometrics study and was conducted using social network analysis approach using 90XL software. The study population consisted of all articles in the field of soft power indexed in scientific information center of Jihad University (sid) and Siolika database. The findings showed that during the period of study, 174 articles with soft power were indexed in these databases. These articles are written by 348 authors. The survey shows that the amount of scientific cooperation among authors in the soft power field is low. The most active authors of soft power field were identified according to the number of nodes, the highest interstitial centrality and the highest specific vector centrality.

Soft power is the ability to influence others to achieve optimal results through attractive rather than compulsory or despised. The study of the researches conducted by researchers in the field of soft power, in addition to showing their level of scientific capability and their impact on scientific development, can be considered as an appropriate criterion for scientific evaluation of this society for scientific promotion of the authorities. The aim of this study was to investigate the co-authoring network of soft power writers in Iran. This study is a scientometrics study and was conducted using social network analysis approach using 90XL software. The study population consisted of all articles in the field of soft power indexed in scientific information center of Jihad University (sid) and Siolika database. The findings showed that during the period of study, 174 articles with soft power were indexed in these databases. These articles are written by 348 authors. The survey shows that the amount of scientific cooperation among authors in the soft power field is low. The most active authors of soft power field were identified according to the number of nodes, the highest interstitial centrality and the highest specific vector centrality.