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Scientific Outputs and Co-authorship Patterns in the Fields of Electronic, Civil and Mechanical Engineering of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University (2000-2019): A Scientometric Analysis

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1 Assistant Prof., Department of Knowledge & Information Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 MA, Knowledge & Information Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the scientific outputs and co-authorship patterns of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering, based on Web of Science (2000-2019). The paper relied on both quantitative and scientometric methods. 1870 and 291 records were retrieved respectively for "Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University" and "the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering". The questions and assumptions were answered through descriptive and inferential statistics. VOSviewer and SPSS were used respectively for mapping and testing assumptions. The findings showed that the total scientific outputs of electrical engineering in the world, indexed by the Web of Science (2000-2019) were 2,973,902, of which 44,768 records (1.6%) belonged to Iran (rank 16). During the same period, the total civil engineering records was 395,649, of which 11,876 records (3%) belong to Iran (rank 10). In addition, the total scientific outputs of mechanical engineering were 941,586, of which 25,263 records (2.7%) belonged to Iran (rank 12). The findings showed that in Iran Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in electrical engineering is ranked 36th (2000-2019). The findings showed that Ajami with 43 (17%), Hoveidae with 5 (23%), Gharraei and Mohammadpourfard, each with 10 records (17%), were the top authors in the fields of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering (2000-2019), respectively. Also, Ajami with 43 (1000 citations), Najafi with 42 (564 citations), Banaei with 41 records (473 citations), and Oskuee with 16 records (305 citations) have high co-authorship densities (37, 31, 22, and 29, respectively). Moreover, there was no meaningful difference between men and women in electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering in scientific outputs (Sig=0.0927). Furthermore, there was a significant difference in scientific outputs among electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering researchers in departments and university ranks.https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.20088302.2022.20.2.11.6   

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International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM)
Volume 20, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
April 2022
Pages 181-200
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  • Receive Date: 06 March 2021
  • Revise Date: 29 September 2023
  • Accept Date: 03 December 2022
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