A Citation Analysis of the Scientific Publication of Universities: A Study of Tarbiat Modares University during 1988-2019-

Abstract

The performance of university plays an important role in the scientific development of a society. One of the methods of university evaluation is the use of citation analysis technique. The purpose of this research is to analyze the scientific productions of Tarbiat Modares University in the period of 1988 -2019. This research is of scientometric type and its statistical population was all scientific productions of Tarbiat Modares University indexed in Web of Science that its number is 24004 records and it is drawn by its analysis HistCite software and scientific map. Findings show that the trend of scientific productions of the university is increasing and most production in 2019 was with 2636 documents. The citation trend increased until 2011 but has declined since then. Most national cooperations were Islamic Azad University and University of Tehran and international cooperation with the United States. The drawn cluster showed the most important papers in the field of Chemistry. This study helps university officials for better planning of scientific development.