Iranian Persian Language and Literature Promotion Society Research on Mystical Literature HTTPS://JP 12 1 2018 05 22 Mystic Researches in the Mirror of Scientometrics Mystic Researches in the Mirror of Scientometrics 109 132 22854 10.22108/jpll.2018.106069.1131 FA Soheila Farhangi Assistant Professor of Department of Persian Language and Literature,Payam-e Noor ‎University, Iran‎ Ali Kkbar Khasseh Assistant Professor of Information Science, Payam-e Noor University, Iran.‎ Arezoo Ebrahimi Dinani PhD, Persian Language and Literature, Guilan University, Iran.‎ Journal Article 2017 08 28 Mystic Researches in the Mirror of Scientometrics<br /> <br /> Abstract<br /> Scientometrics studies, dealing with professional evaluation of scientific researches, cover many dynamic aspects of science. Analyzing mystical researches, using scientometric methods not only determine the status of co-authorship networks of mystical researchers, but also show the quantitative growth of them as well as top authors of this field in Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). The population of this research consists of all mysticism or mystical literature published in ISC, which includes 1931 articles. Once the records retrieved, they were integrated and results were analyzed via SPSS and scientometrics software in form of chart or theory. Findings of current research not only rate articles scientifically in various aspects like quantity or citation, but also determine the ranking of researchers by number of articles, h-index, and in co-authorship network based on their centrality measures relation to the other researchers.<br /> Key Words: Mysticism, Scientometrics, Centrality, Article, Co-authorship Mystic Researches in the Mirror of Scientometrics<br /> <br /> Abstract<br /> Scientometrics studies, dealing with professional evaluation of scientific researches, cover many dynamic aspects of science. Analyzing mystical researches, using scientometric methods not only determine the status of co-authorship networks of mystical researchers, but also show the quantitative growth of them as well as top authors of this field in Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). The population of this research consists of all mysticism or mystical literature published in ISC, which includes 1931 articles. Once the records retrieved, they were integrated and results were analyzed via SPSS and scientometrics software in form of chart or theory. Findings of current research not only rate articles scientifically in various aspects like quantity or citation, but also determine the ranking of researchers by number of articles, h-index, and in co-authorship network based on their centrality measures relation to the other researchers.<br /> Key Words: Mysticism, Scientometrics, Centrality, Article, Co-authorship https://jpll.ui.ac.ir/article_22854_cca6c475600b44388591683be6cf8835.pdf