Citation analysis of Twenty-two issues of the Journal of " Nahjolbalaghe" published Between 1389 - 1393

The aim of this study is to investigate the status of articles in the journal “Nahjolbalaghe” and explanation of the researchers’ pattern of behavior in this field. The method used in this research is the analysis of citation. The results show that all of 111articles, published in this Journal, during the 5 years, have been compilations, not translations. Majority of the authors of the Journal are men. From the 1207 citations in the journal, more than 94%, 1147 cases, have been on the books. Most cited one was the Quran, 54 times and then Nahjolbalaghe, 47 times, Sharhe Nahjolbalaghe of Ibn Abi al-Hadid, 36 times and Bihar al-Anwar, 35 times, in the following rankings. Among writers, R’azi has been cited 54 times, Ibn Abi al-Hadid, 40 times and Majlesi 39 times. findings also show that M. Pahlavan with the most prolific author of 9 articles and then Pourezzat with 5 articles and Gharamaleki with 3 articles are pioneers. Arabic sources with 609 times citation are at first, and then the Persian sources with 500 citations and Latin sources with 98 times are at the next rank. Among the editors, articles of Ali Akbar Ghaffari and Mohammad A. Abraham have received the most citations. Among the translators, Jafar Shahidi and Mohammad Dashti have most citations.