How Trends and Topics Reflect the Evolution of Translation Studies as an Academic Field of Study: A Scientometrics Study | ||
| جستارهای زبانی | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 13 July 2025 | ||
| Document Type: مقاله تحقیق | ||
| DOI: 10.48311/lrr.2025.7132 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nematullah Shomoossi1; Mehrdad Vasheghani Farahani* 2; Somayeh Ghaffari Heshajin3; Abdurrashid Abdurrashid Khazaei Feizabad4 | ||
| 1Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran | ||
| 2Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany | ||
| 3Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 4Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Translation Studies seems to have succeeded to establish itself as an area of enquiry for scholars. Patterns of flourishing this discipline with its diverse audience is not well studied, though. The present study used scientometric and bibliometric analyses to identify and assess topics and trends of Translation Studies over time, as evidence of evolution over the course of time. Documents (from 1931 to 2021) were extracted from Scopus to examine relevant indicators; document types, top journals, authors’ networks, institutes/universities, organizational support, countries and interdisciplinary contributions. In addition, VOSviewer, network and cluster density visualization and word co-occurrences were utilized to analyze and evaluate the development of the field. Trend analysis was considered at three intervals. The analyses showed that over a 90-year time span (1931-2021), 13916 documents were published by 21509 authors from 16323 institutes/universities that contributed to the scientific mobility of Translation Studies. Authors’ cooperation from 124 countries emerged in four clusters led by the US, the UK, Spain and China. In its course of development, Translation Studies witnessed a remarkable proliferation of documents since the 2000s onward. Relevant topics were shown by keywords analysis, and interrelationships of Translation Studies with other disciplines were explored. The findings offer analyses of trends and topics in Translation Studies, as evidence of scientific evolution, attested by the interdisciplinary contributions and bibliometric findings. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| translation studies; Evolution; Topics; Trends; Research Performance; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics; Word Co-occurrence Analysis | ||
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