Analysis of Articles in the Field of Scientific Communication Using the Lexical Co-analysis Method

The purpose of this research is to identify the most commonly used topics of scientific productions in the field of scientific communication indexed in the World Wide Web database in the years 2000-2017.

The present study is an applied research method and in terms of research methodology, it is a type of documentary or library research. In this research, the science metrics and the lexical co-occurrence analysis method were used. UCInet and Bibexcel Network analysis software  were used to draw up required maps. The statistical population of the research includes 905 articles indexed in the Web Science Database, in the field of scientific communication.

The findings of the research showed that MORALES MEL and RODRIGUES RS each with the top 7 articles in the field of scientific communication, the United States with 233 articles ranked first, and English with 678 records as the best language the field of scientific communication is known. Conclustion: The results of the vocabulary analysis section in the field of scientific communication showed that the most widely used categories are Science, Journals, Internet, Open Access, Information. That is these subject categories are identified as the primary focus of scientific research scholars.