The study investigated whether there was any significant generic difference between the Research Questions (RQs) and Method sections of applied linguistics research articles (RAs) published in international and local Iranian journals. Two hundred applied linguistics RAs (100 from each group) were selected from 5 SSCI-indexed international journals and 5 Iranian Scientific-Research (Elmi-Pazhouh...

The phenomenon of China’s rise as an emerging scientific power has been well documented, yet the development of its social science is less explored. Utilizing up-to-date Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) publication data (1978–2013), this paper probes the patterns and dynamics of China’s social science research via bibliometric analyses. Our research indicates that despite the national orien...

Collaborative research is one of the most noteworthy trends in the development of scientific research, and co-authored papers are some of the most important results of this research. With the speed-up of globalization, wider adoption of computers and advanced communication technologies, and more frequent academic exchanges and co-operation, collaborative research across organizations, regions, ...

Received: November 9, 2017 • Revised: November 27, 2017 • Accepted: November 27, 2017 Corresponding Author: Sun Huh (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8559-8640) Department of Parasitology and Institute of Medical Education, Hallym University College of Medicine, 1 Hallimdaehak-gil, Chuncheon 24252, Korea Tel: +82.33.248.2652 Fax: +82.33.241.1672 email: [email protected] Korean J Med Educ 2017 De...

This study examines the methodological dimensions of programming education articles published in educational sciences journals indexed SSCI by exploring their general trends. To do this, 162 between January 2012 and February 2020 30 international were analyzed with a systematic review method using "Educational Technology Publication Classification Form" as data collection tool. The results reve...

International co-authorship relations have increasingly shaped another dynamic in the natural and life sciences during recent decades. However, much less is known about such internationalization in the social sciences. In this study, we analyze international and domestic co-authorship relations of all citable items in the DVD-version of the Social Science Citation Index 2011 (SSCI). Network sta...

purpose: the purpose of this study was to investigate the structure of the discipline categorization and its overlap with isi subject categories. this will help detect the systematic errors arising from the scientometrics studies. methodology: the scientometrics methodology was used. all articles which were indexed in the web of science database (2007) and also the articles citing them during 2...

The present study aimed to investigate the generic organization of research article introductions in local Iranian and international journals in English for Specific Purposes, English for General Purposes, and Discourse Analysis. Overall, 120 published articles were selected from the established journals representing the above subdisciplines. Each subdiscipline was represented by 20 local and 2...