By:Osareh, F (Osareh, Farideh)^{[ 1 ]} ; McCain, KW (McCain, Katherine W.)^{[ 2 ]}

To study the structure of Iranian chemistry research, we identified 43 Iranian and international chemists who were highly cited in 7,682 Iranian chemistry publications (defined as an article with at least one Iranian author address) indexed in Science Citation Index (SciSearch) between 1990 and 2006, inclusive. We collected cocitation data for these authors from the entire SciSearch file (Dialog, File 34) over the time period. A principal components analysis identified seven interrelated factors accounting for 78% of the variance in the cocitation matrix. Iranian and international authors tended to load on separate factors. Three factors-synthesis of carbonyl compounds, solvent-free synthesis of organic compounds and oxidation of organic compounds-had an inter-correlation of vertical bar 0.3 vertical bar or higher. Physical organic chemistry and ionophores (a mixed factor of Iranian and international authors) connected at a lower value, while crown ethers and analytical chemistry were essentially uncorrelated. The PFNet structure maintained the topical factor groupings and Iranian and international authors tended to appear in separate subnetworks. Geographic and institutional influences, apparently relating in part to institutional affiliation and in part to restricted research topics, appear to underlie the primary structural features of Iranian chemistry in this time period.

KeyWords Plus:CITATION CONTEXT ANALYSIS; OWN-LANGUAGE PREFERENCE; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; INTELLECTUAL SPACE; SELF-CITATION; SCIENCE; PATTERNS; BIBLIOMETRICS; QUANTITY; QUALITY

Reprint Address: Osareh, F (reprint author)

Addresses:

	[ 1 ] Shahid Chamran Univ, Sch Educ & Psychol, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Ahwaz, Iran
	[ 2 ] Drexel Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Technol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA   Organization-Enhanced Name(s)     Drexel University

E-mail Addresses:fosareh@yahoo.com; Kate.McCain@ischool.drexel.edu

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Research Areas:Computer Science; Information Science & Library Science

Web of Science Categories:Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library Science

Document Type:Article

Language:English

Accession Number: WOS:000260484000011

ISSN: 1532-2882

IDS Number: 366LW

Cited References in Web of Science Core Collection: 33

Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 7