Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology, Khorasan Science and Technology Park, Mashhad, Iran Guest Researcher, Saffron Research Institute, Torbat Heydariyeh University
Abstract
Scientometrics or bibliometric analysis is one of the common methods for evaluating scientific production and activities and research management. This method is a quantitative approach to measuring scientific information in various fields of science. This method of analysis can reflect the latest scientific developments, research directions, and important research topics. In this study the documentation of national conferences of saffron and the quantitative evaluation of scientific information published in these conferences was evaluated. So far, seven national conferences on saffron have been held in Iran, the first of them was held in Qaen in 1988 and the last one was held in Birjand in 2024. The provinces of South-Khorasan (three times) and Razavi-Khorasan (four times) have been the only organizers of the national conferences of saffron. So far, 98 researchers have been the members of the scientific committee of these seven conferences. Abbas Hemmati-Kakhki and Abdullah Mollafilabi have been the members of this committee in all seven conferences. During the seven sessions of this conference, 601 articles have been published, the largest number of these (239 articles) belongs to the seventh conference, which was held by the University of Birjand. The highest ratio of the number of research articles to review articles was recorded in the fourth session of conference at Bozorgmehr Qayenat University.Researchers from Razavi-Khorasan and South-Khorasan provinces have participated in 271 and 156 articles, respectively, during the seven conference sessions as authors, and in this respect, they have a much higher share compared to the other provinces of the country.Overall, the results indicate the increasing attention of researchers in different provinces of Iran to conducting research related to saffron, which by focusing the implementation of future research on emerging aspects and promoting the results of previous research at the field level.,
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