Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran

This study aimed to investigate the demand for information from Iranian users to the supply of scientific products to Iranian researchers in the field of the Quran during the years 2011-2020. The present study is a descriptive-analytical done by web research and scientometric methods using infodem...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed, Alirezaei, Zahra, Basirianjahromi, Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/1/Islamiyyat_45_1_12.pdf
_version_ 1848815611487977472
author Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed
Alirezaei, Zahra
Basirianjahromi, Reza
author_facet Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed
Alirezaei, Zahra
Basirianjahromi, Reza
author_sort Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This study aimed to investigate the demand for information from Iranian users to the supply of scientific products to Iranian researchers in the field of the Quran during the years 2011-2020. The present study is a descriptive-analytical done by web research and scientometric methods using infodemiology indicators. The population included the keywords of Iranian users’ search in the field of the Qur’an - using Google Trends; and in the scientometrics section, the research conducted by Iranian researchers in the area of the Qur’an - indexed in Islamic world citation databases, web of science, and Scopus during the years 2011-2020. A correlation test was performed to investigate the alignment of users ‘information retrieval behavior and researchers’ scientific products using R software. The number of scientific products of researchers and the index of Iranian users’ search volume in the Google search engine has increased over ten years. The average growth of scientific productions of Iranian researchers in the Quranic studies was 411.40. Spearman correlation coefficient between users’ information-seeking behavior and scientific products of Iranian researchers in the field of Quran in the sections of Web search (P-value = 0.001), YouTube search (P-value = 0.0001) and the sum of parts of Google search engine (P-value = 0.0001) was obtained meaningfully. Many factors affect the increasing scientific production of Iranian researchers in the Quranic fields. Information demand or Internet information retrieval behavior of users in this subject can be one of the most critical factors.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T00:52:44Z
format Article
id oai:generic.eprints.org:22488
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T00:52:44Z
publishDate 2023
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:224882023-11-23T03:36:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/ Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed Alirezaei, Zahra Basirianjahromi, Reza This study aimed to investigate the demand for information from Iranian users to the supply of scientific products to Iranian researchers in the field of the Quran during the years 2011-2020. The present study is a descriptive-analytical done by web research and scientometric methods using infodemiology indicators. The population included the keywords of Iranian users’ search in the field of the Qur’an - using Google Trends; and in the scientometrics section, the research conducted by Iranian researchers in the area of the Qur’an - indexed in Islamic world citation databases, web of science, and Scopus during the years 2011-2020. A correlation test was performed to investigate the alignment of users ‘information retrieval behavior and researchers’ scientific products using R software. The number of scientific products of researchers and the index of Iranian users’ search volume in the Google search engine has increased over ten years. The average growth of scientific productions of Iranian researchers in the Quranic studies was 411.40. Spearman correlation coefficient between users’ information-seeking behavior and scientific products of Iranian researchers in the field of Quran in the sections of Web search (P-value = 0.001), YouTube search (P-value = 0.0001) and the sum of parts of Google search engine (P-value = 0.0001) was obtained meaningfully. Many factors affect the increasing scientific production of Iranian researchers in the Quranic fields. Information demand or Internet information retrieval behavior of users in this subject can be one of the most critical factors. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/1/Islamiyyat_45_1_12.pdf Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed and Alirezaei, Zahra and Basirianjahromi, Reza (2023) Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran. Islamiyyat : Jurnal Antarabangsa Pengajian Islam; International Journal of Islamic Studies, 45 (1). pp. 263-273. ISSN 0216-5636 https://ejournal.ukm.my/islamiyyat/issue/view/1604
spellingShingle Hosseini, Shohreh Seyyed
Alirezaei, Zahra
Basirianjahromi, Reza
Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title_full Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title_fullStr Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title_short Supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in Iran
title_sort supply and demand of quranic information in the web environment: a decade of infodemiology study in iran
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22488/1/Islamiyyat_45_1_12.pdf