Content analysis of the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Content analysis is a fast method for rapid access to scientific information published in journals, and using the distances scale which counting the number of threads and identification of the structure contributes to better understanding of the considered and less considered thematic categories, agendas and views of the authors about the environment. The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of the articles published in the Quarterly Journal of Environmental Science and Technology with the science, engineering and environmental management and research and scientific subjects.
In this study, content analysis, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The statistical population was all the articles studied in 755 subject categories.
Findings: For the content analysis of this quarterly publication, 3 main categories have been considered. From the total of 755 subjects, 157 subjects were related to environmental sciences, 320 subjects were about environmental engineering and 256 categories of the issues were related to environmental management. The results indicated that in environmental engineering subject, pollution reduction with the score of 34.8% was the first research priority and management of heavy metals with the score of 22.7% was the second priority.
Thus, the Quarterly Journal of Science and technology is a valuable resource in the field of environmental health, dedicating 56.15% of the subjects to contamination and its management. Considering the authors’ interests, it was also found that the authors in the field of Environment and Energy, with 32.7%, were in the first place and those in the field of Architecture, with 9.8%, were in the second place.