Scientometric Implosion that Leads to Explosion: Case Study of Armenian Journals

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to introduce a new concept and term into the scientometric discourse and research—scientometric implosion—and test the idea on the example of the Armenian journals. The article argues that the existence of a compressed scientific area in the country makes pressure on the journals and after some time this pressure makes one or several journals explode—break the limited national scientific area and move to the international arena. As soon as one of the local journals breaks through this compressed space and appears at an international level, further explosion happens, which makes the other journals follow the same path.

Keywords

• sceintometric implosion
• armenian journal impact factor (armjif)
• national scientific databases
• armenian science citation index (asci)
• international scientific databases