Analysis of scientific outputs and mapping co-authorship network of researchers of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific outputs and map the co-authorship network of mathematics, physics and chemistry researchers of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (ASMU).

This applied study was conducted using scientometric method. The statistical population of the study was the indexed records
(2012-2018) in the field of chemistry, mathematics and physics of ASMU’s researchers in Web of Science (WoS). VOSviewer was used to draw scientific maps as well as T-test, analysis of variance and regression analysis were applied to answer the research hypotheses.

According to the findings, 57% of the scientific outputs of ASMU were published (2012-2018) by researchers in three fields of mathematics, chemistry and physics. The results indicated that the first ranks of scientific collaborations in the co-authorship network under the fields of mathematics, chemistry and physics were Sheikholeslami (160), Sardroodi (54) and Jamshidi-Ghaleh (47), respectively. Moreover, the most effective author of ASMU was Rezapour with 430 citations and 46 papers. The mean scientific outputs were significant in terms of academic rank (Sig=0.000) and gender (Sig=0.001).

The results have suggested that the researchers with the ability to produce more articles and scientific collaboration play an important role in the
co-authorship network. Further, it can be expected that the scientific outputs of faculty members will enhance with the increase of "employment year" and "academic rank".