Library and Information Science Research in Iran: An Analysis of National and International Publications

Abstract

Using a scientometric approach, this study examines scholarly publications by library and information science (LIS) researchers affiliated with Iranian institutions that were published in non-Iranian journals and indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, together with publications in Iranian LIS journals from 1980 through 2016. The results show that Iranian authors published 538 LIS documents indexed in WoS and another 7,837 in national journals. The research article was the predominant document type at both the national and international levels. The total number of international publications in LIS by all countries was 313,449; Iran ranked 34th among the countries for publications in LIS.

Keywords:

• Library and information science
• publications
• scholarly output
• Iran

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Jim Cole, former Editor-in-Chief of The Serials Librarian, for his comments and help in editing the paper.