A Review of Citation Analysis of Persian Research Resources in Iran

Citation analysis, as one of the quantitative methods, is based on the citations available in scholarly resources as it analyses and evaluates these resources by counting the number of citations used in various documents such as journals articles, theses a Surveys on citation analysis were started in the 1980s in Iran and up to now many studies have been conducted in this area. This paper investigates, through an analytical approach, the most significant Persian works available on the area dissertations, and conferences weld in Iran which have contributed to knowledge of this field. Based on the results, many surveys have been conducted on the citation analysis, but the proportion of theses and dissertations is more than any other types of resources. The findings show that the field of theses/dissertations and articles available in the area, is relatively common and mostly based on the preliminary works. In general, citation analysis in Iran needs an evolut the LIS instructors and researchers have to take it into a more precise attention.