Publications by faculty members indexed in Science Citation Index and Scopus: an Iranian case study
| Pages | 1247-1258 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-04-2016-0102 |
| Published date | 06 November 2017 |
| Date | 06 November 2017 |
| Author | Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam,Hassan Jafari,Asghar Sattarzadeh |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet |
Publications by faculty members
indexed in Science Citation Index
and Scopus: an Iranian case study
Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam
Department of Knowledge and Information Science,
Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Hassan Jafari
Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran, and
Asghar Sattarzadeh
Iran Public Libraries Foundation, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
Purpose –The paper aims to report an investigation that was conducted to identify the scholarly
publicationsby faculty members of the Allameh Tabataba’i Universitythat were indexed in two international
databases, Science Citation Index (SCI) and Scopus, from the year the databases first included Iranian-
authoredpapers (1987 and 1989, respectively) through theend of 2015.
Design methodology/approach –Scientometric methods and social network analysis techniques were
used to conduct the study and to analyze the co-authorship network. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses
were carried out on the data. Quantitative analysiswas accomplished using Microsoft Excel, while the qualitative
analysis was carried out using HistCite, VOSviewer and Pajek software.
Findings –Faculty members had the most international cooperation with colleagues from the USA and
Switzerland, and theyjointly authored papers with faculty and staff from otheruniversities within Iran. The
three institutions with the highest rate of co-authorship included the Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Universityand Amir Kabir University of Technology.
Practical implications –The overall overlap among the two databases was about 21 per cent. The
number of papersindexed by Scopus (583 records) was more than thatby SCI (410 records). The total number
of papers at an international levelwas much lower than that at the national level (6,426 records) in both the
databases.
Originality/value –This paper provides insight into the scholarly works by the faculty of Allameh
Tabataba’i University indexed in two international databases, SCI and Scopus. It also examines the co-
authorshipnetwork structure.
Keywords Iran, Bibliometric analysis, Science Citation Index, Scopus, Impact assessment,
Allameh Tabataba’i University, Scientific publications
Paper type Research paper
Introduction
Bibliometric indicators constructed using databases of scholarly papers are increasingly
used in evaluation processes at universities, as well as public and private research
institutions. They also establish various types of incentives for researchers. The most
The authors thank Jim Cole, former Editor-in-Chief of the Serials Librarian for his valuable comments
and help in editing of the paper.
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by faculty
members
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Received7 June 2016
Revised15 October 2016
13January 2017
Accepted13 April 2017
TheElectronic Library
Vol.35 No. 6, 2017
pp. 1247-1258
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