Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Bachelor student of environmental science and engineering, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
2 Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
3 Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute
Abstract
Today, the natural resources of the country face serious problems and threats such as water scarcity, drought, climate change, water pollution, soil and air pollution, desertification, soil erosion, and issues arising from unsustainable and inappropriate land use practices such as deforestation, destruction of rangelands, overgrazing, and unsustainable agriculture. This underscores the urgent need for a more serious focus on the issue of research and sustainable development in the management of the country's natural resources and environment to provide solutions to problems and improve the health and sustainability of the country's ecosystems. Despite the abundance of research articles in the field of watershed management with an emphasis on its technical and managerial aspects published in domestic and international journals, the categorization and thematic analysis of scientific research articles published in domestic journals have received less attention. In this regard, this study aims to investigate the thematic analysis and classification of various types of articles published in the Watershed Engineering and Management Journal, as well as to examine the thematic trends of each category over three five-year periods (from 2009 to 2013 (Volume 1 to 5), 2014 to 2018 (Volume 6 to 10), and 2019 to 2023 (Volume 11 to 15)). Furthermore, this study seeks to examine the frequency of keywords presented in articles published during the aforementioned periods. Additionally, this study examines the perspectives of the faculty members and research experts of the five research groups of the Soil and Watershed Conservation Research Institute regarding submitting articles to the "Watershed Engineering and Management" journal, as well as the quality, characteristics, challenges, and functions of articles published in this journal during the period from 2009 to the end of 2023 (Volume 15, Issue 4).
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