A comparative analysis of the Sharif University of Technology's scientific productions in the Web of Science and Scopus

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the scientific productions of the Sharif University of Technology in the Web of Science and Scopus citation databases. The research data were analyzed using a scientometric approach and by the HistCiteTM and Excel software. The research population consists of scientific products indexed in the Scopus database on June 24, 2018, and in the WebScience database on May 14, 2018, for ten years from 2008 to 2017. The research findings show that the number of researchers' productions in both databases has been increasing. The majority of articles published in the Web of Science database were in the subject areas of electrical and electronic engineering, and those published in the Scopus database were mostly in the field of engineering. With 335 documents and 17,220 citations, Akbar Jafari was the most productive and influential researcher at the Sharif University of Technology. Among the most cited authors, Hesam al-Din Arfa'i, with 4722 citations, was the most influential researcher in the period. Qualitative analysis of articles with Q index showed that 37.32% of the produced articles were published in the first (Q1) and second (Q2) quartiles, which shows the products' quality. Researchers have published more documents in high-impact journals, and publishing articles in high-ranked journals often makes it possible to take more citations. Besides, with the cooperation of 54 countries and 382 organizations, 79 documents will be indexed on the Web of Science under the title of the highest citation works in 40 subject areas. Among these documents, the highest frequency was in the field of physical chemistry with 20 articles. Doing such research can inform the researchers of this university of the current state of scientific production of faculty members. By recognizing the current situation and the shortcomings in this field, they can solve them with the right planning.