Iranian scientific outputs before and after the initiation of Scientometrics: A short communication
Scientometrics as a system of scientific communication plays an important role in evaluating, policy-making and future developments in scientific outputs. The aim of the present study was to investigate the scientific outputs of Iran before and after the initiation of the scientometrics.
This descriptive-analytical study was conducted using scientometric method. The study population was all Iranian scientific outputs before and after the approval of scientometrics in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases during 1823-2020. The data were analyzed using Excel.
Since the approval of scientometrics in Iranian universities and higher education institutions in 2010, averagely, 82.8% of the total scientific outputs of Iran was done in WoS and Scopus databases, while before the approval of the field, approximately 17% of science outputs were performed.
The results of this study showed that simultaneously with the approval of the field of scientometrics, the scientific output in Iran had grown significantly.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
- پرداخت حق اشتراک و دانلود مقالات اجازه بازنشر آن در سایر رسانههای چاپی و دیجیتال را به کاربر نمیدهد.