Scientometrics of Investment Efficiency Research in Iran (A Co-Word Analysis)

The purpose of this study is to help improve the quality and quantity of articles in the field of investment efficiency by drawing the thematic structure of the researchs using the method of content analysis and scientometrics. Identifying top journals, universities, and authors in terms of article number, keywords of high repetition, Co-Authorship networking, and Co-Word Analysis of keywords are specific goals. The statistical population is all articles indexed in the Scientific Infor01 mation Database (SID)  From 2008 to 2021 on the Investment Efficiency topic. UciNet and NetDraw software were used for drawing networks and calculating indexes. Results showed, 75 articles were published by 150 authors from 35 universities in 25 publications. 131 authors with 1 article and keyword co-occurrence network consisting of 93 unique keywords. The best university in the number of the study was The Islamic Azad University of Tabriz Branch with 10. The most repeated keywords were "Financial Reporting Quality" & "Free Cash Flows" with 16 and 9 repeats.