A Decade of Performance of the Research on Information Science and Public Libraries Quarterly (2008-2017): A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Scientific Output

Scientific journals need to be evaluated regularly for maintaining their scientific quality and more influence. Bibliometric analysis of journals is one of the main approaches to journal evaluation. This study aimed at evaluating the scientific performance and visualizing the scientific maps of the Research on Information Science and Public Libraries Quarterly in a the10-year time span of 2008-2017.

All 298 published papers indexed in the Islamic Science Citation Index in the time span of 2008-2017 were extracted and needed data were modified by a predetermined protocol and outputs of bibliometric software were mapped and analyzed.

The geographical distribution of authoring institutes and the highly-productive and most influential authors' status are appropriate in the journal. The keyword co-occurrence map showed the journal's attention to its field-related issues, including public libraries. The mapped subject clusters showed that the journal prioritized user information services as well as the public library management.

Conclustion:

 In spite of its influence on Iran's public libraries, the ratio of citations per paper should be increased by more availability, and the role of Iran Public Libraries Institute's staff be predominant in authoring for the journal.