Scientometric Analysis of English-language Journals in the Field of Knowledge and Information Science in Iran Based on Scopus Data

This study aims to analyze scientometrics of two Iranian journals published in the English language in the field of Knowledge and information science (International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), since 2008- 2020 and Webology since 2006- 2020) based on co-authorship and co-word indicators.

This applied and quantitative scientometric research is conducted using the methods of social network analysis, lexical coherence analysis, and co-authorship analysis. VOSviewer and UCINET software are used for visualization and centrality measures.

The IJISM had published a total number of 242 articles with the participation of 435 researchers, 365 institutions, and 29 countries. Iran, citation analysis, and e-commerce were the three most frequently used terms in the articles of this journal. The Webology journal had published a total number of 187 articles with the participation of 290 authors, 267 institutions, and 37 countries. Citation analysis, open access, and Internet / Iran were the most three frequent keywords of articles in this journal.

Conclustion:

 Although most of the articles for both journals had been written by Iranian researchers, the number of received citations by the foreign researchers was further. The authorship pattern of the articles was two, one, and three authors, respectively.