Citation analysis of the articles published in Scientific and Research Journal of Oceanography

Background and aim: The scientific journals are a valid method for communication of update information and a link among various fields of science through citation. The aim of this study was to investigate the citation of the articles of 28 issues published in Scientific and Research Journal of Oceanography (JOC). Material and methods: This study investigated the citation of 290 articles published in JOC through citation analysis during 2010-2016. The data were analyzed using Excel. Findings: Among 7512 citations of 290 published articles, the most citations belonged to journals (66.99%) and then to books (18.95%). Citation mean and authors' self-citation were 26.50 and 4.66% for each article, respectively. Collaborative contribution of men in published articles (73.96%) was more than that of women (26.05%). The most cited authors of Persian and English articles were Roshan Tabari and Ismail. The most cited Persian and English journals were "JOC" and "Aquaculture Nutrition", respectively. Collaboration degree of authors was 93.45% in JOC. Latin journals had the highest half-life with 13 years and 7 months. Conclusion: Although this journal has an acceptable pattern in terms of collaboration among authors and usage of Latin resources, the high half-life of the cited references, particularly Latin journals indicates that the officials of journal must take appropriate measures for usage of up-to-date references by authors

Citation Analysis and Histographic depiction of Iranian Marine Science Outputs on Oman Sea and Persian Gulf

Background and aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the condition of Iranian marine scientific outputs related to Persian Gulf and Oman Sea in Web of Science (WoS) during 1992-2013. Material and methods: Totally, 396 scientific documents were recognized in WoS with the limitations of time and place in the current study. Citation analysis techniques and HistCite software were used to analyze and depict the historiographical map of scientific texts. Findings: Findings indicated that all 396 documents written by 1036 authors affiliated to 313 organizations were published in 199 journals with 6 different formats in English language. Most documents were published by Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. In addition, the growth rate of annual outputs was %59 and the collaboration coefficient was 0/68 among Iranian researchers. Generally, 5 and 6 thematic clusters have been formed in historiographical map based on the TGCS and TLCS, respectively. Conclusions: The results showed that the rate of the growth of scientific outputs on the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea basins have increased from one title in 1993 to 80 titles in 2013. The effect of heavy metals on sediment and marine livings, coral reefs and identification of aquatic species are the most important subjects of historiographical map clusters