Hossein Kiani; Leila Raeisi
Abstract
Critical analysis of journals is a principled process in spreading knowledge and promoting the quality of scientific researches; therefore, scientific publications need to be criticized on the basis of the correct way of critical thinking. The purpose of this research is to review the articles No. 6 ...
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Critical analysis of journals is a principled process in spreading knowledge and promoting the quality of scientific researches; therefore, scientific publications need to be criticized on the basis of the correct way of critical thinking. The purpose of this research is to review the articles No. 6 to 17 of the Journal of Translation Studies on Arabic Language and Literature by using the Quantitative Content Analysis method. Therefore, using a questionnaire designed by the Human Sciences Institute and Cultural Studies, 61 articles of this journal were criticized and analyzed using quantitative content analysis. The findings of the research show that the "reviewing translations" with 49% statistic has the most frequent subject of the journal. The journal trend in 2017 was toward translation critique based on the existing theories and is outstanding in evaluating cultural subjects. The journal has had a lot of evaluated attributes in 2016; and particularly in 2017 has prevailed reflecting the growing trend of the magazine. The articles in 2016 in terms of title, writing introduction, innovation and theoretical foundations of research, and in 2017 in terms of research method, the method of collecting the analysis, adherence to the method, referring to the article, thesis and databases have had a better performance. The most of shortcomings are as follows: Selecting inappropriate research method and not to adhere to it in the main body of the article, not to explain the theoretical foundations of the research, not to have a critical and analytical approach, to be descriptive the research background and not to update the sources of the articles.
