Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
2 MSc, Knowledge and Information Science, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Scientific collaboration is a process in which two or more scientists collaborate in a project or write an article. The purpose of this study was the mapping of scientific collaboration among Iranian researchers in the field of radiology in the Science Citation Index until the end of 2014. Methods: This applied research was conducted using scientometric and network analysis methods. The study population consisted of all scientific publications in the field of radiology in the Science Citation Index until the end of 2014. A total of 1938 documents were retrieved. Data were analyzed using HistCite, VOSviewer, UCINet, PAJEK, and Excel software packages. Results: The scientific production growth rate was 11.3. The Tehran University of Medical Sciences (661 documents) was the most prolific university in this field. The collaboration network showed high density (63%). Conclusion: The collaboration network analysis showed that Saghari, Beiki, Eftekhari, Javadi, Assadi, and Fallahi were the most important authors and the majority of scientific collaboration took place among them. The clustering coefficient of the collaboration network was 0.52.
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