Analysis and visualization of collaboration among Iranian research institutes for humanities

this study investigates the scientific collaborations between Iranian research institutes for humanities.
three institutes i.e. Islamic Research Institute for Culture and Thought (IICT), Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) and the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Science (IHSS) of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) were selected for the survey. 116 researchers were identified affiliated to the above research institutes who published 575 items since 2007 to 2013. Using scientometrics techniques, the trends and frequency of the collaborations within each institute, between three institutes and external ties were carefully studied and visualized using Pajek software.
Findings: with 307 publications, IHCS showed the best performance. In total 169 collaborations was detected by the institutions with only one international co-authorship and none collaboration with two other humanities research institutes. The co-authorship index was calculated 1.4.
it can be concluded that the Iranian research institutes for humanities are not connected well in terms of scientific collaborations.