Analysis of the approach of the scientific outputs measurement areas in Iran

The purpose of this study is to analyze the thematic approach of the books and theses of the measurement of the scientific output in Iran.

This research is a type of applied bibliometric research that has been done through the content analysis method. The study population consisted of 115 book titles and 362 titles of Iranian theses written in the state universities from 2001 to 2016. Also, Data was collected by checklists and analyzed by Excel software.

The findings showed that compiled books of scientific outputs measurement in Iran are more than the books of adaptation, translation, review, collection, collection of articles and guides and books and theses have an upward publishing trend and their most thematic approach is citation analysis and scientometrics and the approaches of informatics, inventions and information illustration have been less studied. Also most researches of measurement areas of scientific outputs in Iran done in the field of computer science, medicine, higher education, management, information technology, and library and information science, and the least of them done in the fields of ethics, history, philosophy, law and women's studies. In addition, the subject approach of books and thesis has changed from bibliographic and citation analysis to scientometrics and visualization of information, and the most important subject gaps are the lack of qualitative assessment and pathological of these areas.

Conclustion:

 The results showed that subjects of books and theses of the measurement of the scientific output in Iran have more subject overlap and there is a need for pathology to identify gaps and challenges in this area.