A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of the Scientific Publications of Universities: A Study of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences during 1992-2018

Abstract

The evaluation of universities from different perspectives is important for their scientific development. Analyzing the scientific papers of a university under the bibliometric approach is one main evaluative approach. The aim of this study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis and visualization of papers published by Hamadan University of Medical Science (HUMS), Iran, during 1992-2018. This study used bibliometric and visualization techniques. Scopus database was used for data collection. 3753 papers were retrieved by applying Affiliation Search in Scopus advanced search section. Excel and VOSviewer software packages were used for data analysis and bibliometric indicator extraction. An increasing trend was seen in the numbers of HUMS's published papers and received citations. The highest rate of collaboration in national level was with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Internationally, HUMS's researchers had the highest collaboration with the authors from the United States, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, respectively. All highly-cited papers were published in high level Q1 journals. Term clustering demonstrated four main clusters: epidemiological studies, laboratory studies, pharmacological studies, and microbiological studies. The results of this study can be beneficial to the policy-makers of this university. In addition, researchers and bibliometricians can use this study as a pattern for studying and visualizing the bibliometric indicators of other universities and research institutions.

A bibliometric analysis and science mapping of scientific publications of Alzahra University during 1986–2019

“…In terms of international collaboration, it has been the most collaborative with researchers in the United States. The results of this section are consistent with the results of research by Swilleh et al (2014), Mokhtari et al (2019), Maharana and Sethi (2013). It seems that the United States has been very successful in attracting international collaboration, especially with universities of the desired level in different countries, and this has led to a steady improvement in the rankings of universities and journals in most ranking systems.…”

“…The findings showed that in general, the process of scientific production of Alzahra University has been on the rise over time. These results are consistent with the findings of Mokhtari et al (2019). According to their findings, at the end of the last three years of the study, most scientific productions were reported.…”

“…According to the citation index, the results show that the increase in the number of received citations by Alzahra University has been upward, and nearly 80% of the documents have received at least one citation or more. These results are consistent with those of Mokhtari et al (2019). Ahmed and Al-Reyaee (2019) and Siwachm and Kumar (2015).…”

“…In a study, Mokhtari et al (2019) studied the scientific products of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. The results showed that the trend of scientific production and received citations by the university is on the rise.…”

“…Many researchers have obtained their research data from this database (Mokhtari et al, 2019;Sabah et al, 2019;Kamdem et al, 2019;Atayero et al, 2018;Ho et al, 2017;Kazerani et al, 2017;Batooli et al, 2016;Zyoud et al, 2014;Yessirkepov et al, 2015).…”