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This article analyzes the sources which have been cited in articles of Language Related Research. The research method is citation analysis, and data analysis was performed by Excel software. The results showed that in this period of time, 213 articles were published. 162 papers were presented as team work and the rest were individual studies .The books with 3112 citations and journal articles with over 1258 citations were more than from other sources. Among the cited sources of the Persian, 79.45 percent of the books were written and 20.54 percent were translation. Also, 97.49 percent (506) of the Persian journals articles were written and 2.50 percent (13 cases) have been translation.The highest cited author and translators were respectively, “Hamid Reza Shaeir” with 44 and “Farzaneh Taheri” with 10 citations. The highest cited book in Persian was “Semiotics of discours analysis” with 13 citations. The highest cited journals in Persian and English were the “Journal of Language Related Research” and “Language”, respectively with 76 and 29 citations.  

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Abstract The present study aims to determine the citation status in the articles of the Journal of Literary Criticism. This study applies a survey method with a citation analysis approach. All articles published in this journal during 1387-1393 are studied. The co-authorship shows that researchers tend to single productivity. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad was the most productive. Most co-authorship between institutions was conducted by Tarbiat Modares University. The average of citations for each article was 21.1 percent. Most of the citations were to books (76.24%) and then to journals (21.16%). Most of the citations were to Persian sources (69.05%). Sirus Shamisa, Mohammad Reza Shafie Kadkani and Tzvetan Todorov were the most cited writers. Mohammad Nabavi was the most cited translator. "Structure and Interpretation of the Text" was the most cited book. "The Journal of Literary Criticism" and "New literary History" were the most cited journal. "The Journal of Literary Criticism" and "New literary History" were the most cited journal.