The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of earthquakes and the production of science in this field. Analysis of seismic records using scientometric methods based on the science citation index in this article is an attempt in testing the hypothesis of effects of earthquakes on the scientific production in the earthquake-prone countries. Data were extracted from the Web of Science database during 1990-2011. The research findings showed that 21,357 related documents are produced in the field of seismology, of which more than 70% of them fit the purposes of this article. The calculated scientific production rates indicate an upward trend of 39% in this field. This study examined the relationships among the authors in this field regarding the scientific productions, and the results demonstrated high level of correlation with cooperation coefficient of 85%. The results also showed that 84% of the scientific productions have been produced in three sub-fields of earthquake engineering, geology and geophysics. Similarly, the results showed that there is a significant relationship with the occurrences of earthquakes and the levels of scientific production in the earthquake-prone countries with the P value of 0.0.5.
کلید واژگان :Scientific production in seismology; scientometry; Web of Science; coauthorship; earthquake
ارزش ریالی : 600000 ریال
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