Scientometrics of Investment Efficiency Research in Iran (A Co-Word Analysis)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Accounting, Khorramshahr International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramshahr, Iran

2 Department of Economics, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22034/iaas.2022.299541.1167

Abstract

Scientometrics of articles is one of the ways to help improve the quantity and quality of research. So, the purpose of this study, provide a comprehensive picture of the status of scientific activities in the investment efficiency topic.



The present study is based on content analysis and scientometrics. The statistical population is all articles indexed in the SID database on the Investment Efficiency topic from 1388 to 1399. The visualization of the co-authorship and co-ownership network of the keywords was performed using UciNet and NetDraw software.

Results showed that 75 papers published by 150 authors in 25 journals. There were 131 authors with one study. The best university in the number of the study was The Islamic Azad University of Tabriz Branch with 10. In addition. This university has the largest co-authorship network with ten authors. From 93 unique keywords used in all. The most repetition keywords were Financial Reporting Quality, Free Cash Flows with 16 and 9 repeats, and the highest Betweenness index was Free Cash Flow, Agency Cost, and Financial Reporting Quality.

57% of keywords have the betweenness index of zero, which does not play a communication role. The number of articles submitted has also been declining since 1396. An immense network of co-authorship is not evident in the investment efficiency topic, and most collaborations are at the level of preparing an article. The time from admission to the publication of the article is increasing. Keyword alignment helped improve search results.

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