Criticism and Content Analysis of “Adab-e Farsi”(The Persian Language) The Quarterly Journal of University of TehranThrough Scientometrics Approach

Nowadays, the term "science production" has gotten a special place in our country and has occupied the minds of the government officials and those who plan the scientific and research affairs. One of the most worthy parts in this regard, is the examining of scientific – research papers production in scholarly journals. To do this, it has been tried, in present study, to analyze the statistical data collected from the website of the Persian Literature, the quarterly journal of the University of Tehran to explore and discuss about the number of authors, their scientific degrees, the centers and institutes active in the journal, the extent of co-operation between authors and etc. The results show that 60 papers have been produced individually, 97 papers have been jointly produced, from which the authors of 63 papers belong to the same university and the authors of 34 papers belong to different universities. Ali Muhammad Moazeni and 7 other writers were the most prolific ones, with 4 published papers.  The content analysis of the papers shows that fictional literature, mysticism and Sufism consist a large part of the subjects. 28 papers, 10.40% of all, have been produced by journal's editorial board, which is an acceptable average. 4039 sources have been totally cited which is a 72.25% average for each paper and also an acceptable average. More than 14 years have passed from the publication of 56.30% (2274) of the sources used in papers. With 115 authors (42.75%), University of Tehran and Kharazmi University are the most prolific producers, which can be considered as one of journal's weak points. Three of the editorial staff are among the most prolific authors.