A Bibliometric Analysis of the Research Trends on Different Philosophical Aspects of Al-Fārābī Between 2000 to 2023

Abstract

Background: Al-Fārābī is considered one of the most significant Islamic Philosophers and its founder. He has theorized about various philosophical issues, and as a result of this, he has been the focus of researchers. The aim of this study is to systematically understand the researches done on Fārābī's philosophy. Method: The bibliometric method of the study is by searching related keywords in the Scopus database, and they limited from 2000 to 2023. Furthermore, after receiving the export from Scopus, these data are analyzed in VOSviewer (version 1.6.20). Results: Among 302 scientific documents, most of them were articles then book chapters, and most of them were done in English. Since 2015, the research on Fārābī's philosophy has increased, and its peak will be observed in 2020 and 2023. In addition, the United States of America, Kazakhstan, and Iran were the active countries, and according to journals, Arabic Sciences and philosophy and Oriens were the active journals in this field. Chatti, Saloua and Forcada, Miquel were the most active authors according to number of documents, and Adamson, Peter was the first according to citations. In terms of the number of citations, the top ten documents all have more than 25 citations. It should be noted that, the keywords of Al-Fārābī, Al-Farabi, and Avicenna were the bold keywords in studies. Conclusion: The research on Fārābī's philosophy is limited and requires researchers to examine different aspects of Fārābī's philosophy. In Fārābī's philosophy, issues related to the philosophy of law, political philosophy, peace studies, and even economic philosophy can be extracted.