using bibliographic records from the social science citation index, science citation index, and arts & humanities citation index, this paper tries to give a complete view of the evolution of the field of scientometrics based on its literature published during 1980 to 2009. this is a descriptive survey using scientometric indicators. findings revealed that out of 691 articles in the field of sci...

introduction: nowadays, science mapping is considered an excellent technique for decision-makers to find solutions for problems in research planning and development. in this work, we aimed to depict a science map of “radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging” in iran. methods: all publications indexed in thomson reuters web of science database in the fields mentioned above with at least ...

Introduction: Nowadays, science mapping is considered an excellent technique for decision-makers to find solutions for problems in research planning and development. In this work, we aimed to depict a science map of “radiology, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging” in Iran. Methods: All publications indexed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science database in the fields mentioned above with at least...

objective:  the aim of the research was investigating and visualizing the intellectual structure of thermodynamics subject area based on outputs of iranian scholars of the field indexed in thomson reuters web of science during time span of 1990-2009.   method: the population of the research was all references of the mentioned publications. the sample was the top 1 percent cited scholars of the ...

background and objectives:regarding the important role and position of journals in presentation of the most up-to-date scholarly information, the scientific and meticulous evaluation of such sources is very essential. te present research was carried out to determine the citation status in the articles of the journal of qom university of medical sciences. methods:this research, as a descriptive-...