Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

A Scientometrics and Collaboration Network Analysis of the Quarterly Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

M. A. Erfanmanesh 1
M. Morovati Ardakani 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Knowledge & Information Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Lecturer, Department of Knowledge & Information Science, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2016.230
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the collaboration network of authors and institutions in papers published in the quarterly journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities from the first to the 27th issue. Accordingly, the number of publications, authorship patterns, most productive authors and institutions, characteristics of collaboration networks as well as authors’ areas of expertise were studied. To conduct this applied research, scientometric and social network analysis indicators were utilized. Moreover, UCINet software was used for visualization and analysis of scientific collaboration networks. Results of the study revealed that 185 papers written by 272 researchers from 70 institutions have been published in the first 27 issues of the journal. Investigating the collaboration network of researchers showed that they tend to publish individually or collaboratively in small groups. 48.65% of the papers were single-authored and 51.53% weremultiple-authored. Moreover, Shahid Beheshti University, University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modaress University as well as Kharazmi University played the most important and central roles in collaboration network of institutions in the journal. Last but not least, the fields with the highest share of publication in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities were Educational Sciences, Political Sciences and Management.

Highlights

  • 185 papers written by 272 researchers from 70 institutions have been published in the first 27 issues of the journal.
  • Investigating the collaboration network of researchers showed that they tend to publish individually or collaboratively in small groups; 48.65% of the papers were single-authored and 51.53% were multiple-authored.
  • Shahid Beheshti University, University of Tehran, Tarbiat Modaress University as well as Kharazmi University played the most important and central roles in the collaboration network of institutions in the journal.
  • The fields with the highest share of publication in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities were educational sciences, political sciences and management.

Keywords

Quarterly Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
Scientometrics
Social Network Analysis
Co-authorship
Scientific Collaboration
Subjects
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