Criticism on the scientific output of the Journal of the Iranian Association of Iranian Language and Arabic Literature with Glasses of Scientific Indicators

Science is a field of measuring and monitoring the process of production of science and development at micro and macro levels is the deciding factor for determining the mechanism of scientific output. The purpose of this scientific study to determine some scientific knowledge and its analysis indicators in the scientific output (articles) of the magazine of the Association of Iranian Language and Arabic Literature from the beginning of its publication (1383) until the end of 1395. The data are collected and analyzed by referring to the official website of the journal and also by extracting the data from the citation index of Iranian sciences in the spring of 1396 amounted to 339 papers. The results showed that the scientific contribution of the authors of the articles in this magazine and the number of references used in the compilation of articles is high. The point worthy of attention is the lack of citation to this magazine and the high self-citation (in-citation citations). It is necessary to increase the citation mechanism and be considered by directors and stakeholders of this magazine and other similar journals.