Publication Trends and Profiles of Thai Scholarly Articles in Translation Studies: A Bibliometric Approach
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May 15, 2019
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Bibliometrics, Translation Studies, Thailand, research trend
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The study aims to identify the trends and features of accumulated research in the discipline of Translation Studies (TS) in Thailand. The study applies a bibliometric method for analysis of research activities, research profiles, and journal profiles. The data was gathered from one of Thailand’s local academic databases, Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre. As a result, 144 articles were selected from the database. From the findings, it clearly appears that the number of research and academic articles has been increasing over the last ten years and has been following an upward trend with a steady output over the last 20 years. As for research profiles, half of the 144 articles are based on translation methodological perspective, followed by the educational perspective. Most of productive journal published articles related to TS but they are not specialized journals for TS. As a result, multidisciplinary articles were observed not only in language-specific journals, but also in varied disciplinary journals.
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Hood, W. W., & Wilson, C. S. (2001). The Literature of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Informetrics. Scientometrics, 52(2), 291–314. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1023/A:1017919924342.
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Kosmützky, A., & Krücken, G. (2014). Growth or steady state? A bibliometric focus on international comparative higher education research. Higher Education, 67(4), 457–472. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1007/s10734013-9694-9.
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Li, X. (2015). International visibility of mainland China translation studies community: A scientometric study. Perspectives, 23(2), 183–204. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1080/0907676X.2015.1006645.
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Pritchard, A. (1969). Statistical bibliography or bibliometrics? Journal of Documentation, 25, 348–349.
Poonlarp, T., & Leenakitti, N. (2016). What do employers want?' A study of online job advertisements for translators in Thailand. Journal Language and Culture, 35(2), 7–33.
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Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre. (n.d.) List of journals in Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from http://www.kmutt.ac.th/jif/public_html/list%20journal.php?branch=H.
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Wolf, M. (2014). “The language of Europe is translation”: EST amidst new Europe and changing ideas on translation. Target, 26(2), 224–238. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1075/target.26.2.04wol.
Zhang, M., Pan, H., Chen, X., & Luo, T. (2015). Mapping discourse analysis in translation studies via bibliometrics: A survey of journal publications. Perspectives, 23(2), 223–239. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1080/0907676X. 2015.1021260.
Zhou, X., & Sun, S. (2017). Bibliography-based quantitative translation history. Perspectives, 25(1), 98–119. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1080/0907676X.2016.1177100.
Zhu, C., & Wang, H. (2011). A Corpus-based, machine-aided mode of translator training. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 5(2), 269–291. Retrieved from http://doi:10.1080/13556509.2011.10798821.
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