摘要：This article investigates the contributions of Iran and Turkey to the world information
science literature. In this context, the study examines Iran and Turkey
addressed publications in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Total
number of publications of two countries in the information science journals was
140; 85 from Turkey and the remaining 55 from Iran. When analyzed in tenyear
time periods, the number of Iran addressed publications shows a kind of
instability with certain rise and decline whereas the number of Turkey
addressed publications appears to rise steadily. The most preferred information
science journal for Iran is International Information & Library Review while
for Turkey it is Scientometrics. More collaborative work is preferred by Turkish
scholars than their colleagues in Iran. The majority of Iranian publications
come from authors with a librarianship background whereas Turkish publications
include authors with different backgrounds such as statistics, industrial
engineering and physics. It is pointed out in this article that the number of publications
from both countries does not match their potentials. In this respect,
both countries need to increase their contributions and thus have a better position
in the world of information science.
关键词：Bibliometrics, Information science journals, National productivity-
Iran, National productivity-Turkey.
