Information Security from a Scientometric Perspective

Parvin, Somayeh, Sadoughi, Farahnaz, Karimi, Arman, Mohammadi, Masoud and Aminpour, Farzaneh Information Security from a Scientometric Perspective. Webology, 2019, vol. 16, n. 1, pp. 196-209. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

During recent years, Information societies are continually confronted with security threats and information vulnerabilities. Literature analysis of major disciplines is one of the key tools available to policymakers of research institutions and organizations. Scientometrics is the field of study which concerns itself with measuring and analyzing scientific literature. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the research trends of information security in the Middle-East and the world from a scientometric perspective. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used in this study. The Scopus citation database was used to collect the publication data, as the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Therefore, all documents related to "information security" were retrieved and analyzed. The results showed that the majority of scientific publications in the field of information security were produced in the United States of America and China. Among the Middle-Eastern countries, Iran ranked the first in terms of scientific publications in the field of information security while ranked 23th among the countries of the world. It is apparent that paying special attention to the field of information and data security in terms of international scientific collaborations, using knowledge and experiences of the leading, and supporting research and development in this field can improve the quality and quantity of scientific publications in this field. The expertise gathered during the process will prove invaluable and effective in confronting the security threats and vulnerabilities posed to information societies.

English abstract

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Information security; Cyber security; Research assessment; Literature analysis; Bibliometric; Scientometric
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Dr. Masoud Mohammadi
Date deposited: 05 Oct 2019 13:06
Last modified: 05 Oct 2019 13:08
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/39043

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