Investigating the Scientometrics of the Studies Conducted in the Field of Islam Based on WOS Database

The present research investigated the status of the studies conducted in the field of Islam, employing scientometric methods. Extracted from Web of Science database, 6,837 articles were surveyed for the growth rate, core journals, core co-occurrence map, most frequent key terms, thematic domains, and published formats. Ravar Matrix, USI Net, and R environment were utilized to analyze the data. The findings indicated that the studies in the field of Islam have had an ascending trend. Studies are published more in article format. Moreover, the average citation rate to the outputs in the field of Islam shows a rise from 2000 to 2008 and a fall from 2008 to 2020. Christianity was the most frequently discussed subject in the studies on Islam, and key terms of "Islam," Islamophobia," and "religion" were the most frequent key terms. Belhaj, Padela, and Prat are the most productive authors in the Islam's field. The journal ISLAM-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR DES ranked first in publishing articles on Islam. Finally, in terms of country, the USA ranked first in publishing outputs on the field of Islam. Some suggestions are also presented by the researchers as to the implications of the research findings.