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                                    [title] => The trajectory of symbolic politics as an area of study and research: A bibliometric analysis of the literature in Scopus
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                                            [0] => Nurbayev, Zhaslan
                                            [1] => Kiyubek, Zhangylsyn
                                            [2] => Sultangazy, Gulmira
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                                            [0] => symbolic politics
                                            [1] => bibliometric analysis
                                            [2] => historical politics
                                            [3] => scientific production
                                            [4] => citation impact
                                            [5] => authorship patterns
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                                    [description] => Objective. This study examined the trajectory of symbolic politics as an area of study by analyzing the Scopus-indexed literature. The objective of this study was to delineate the temporal evolution, structural characteristics, authorship patterns, and citation impact of research on symbolic politics.
Design/Methodology/Approach. A descriptive bibliometric analysis was performed on 2,939 documents published from 1950 to 2024 and indexed in Scopus. The study analyzed several factors, including scientific production and growth, document types, source journals, and their distribution using Bradford’s law, authorship and collaboration patterns based on Subramanyam’s index, and citation impact. Quantitative indicators were supplemented with qualitative insights derived from highly cited documents and their main thematic areas.
Results/Discussion. The findings indicated a late but rapid acceleration in the consolidation of research on symbolic politics, with nearly three-quarters of publications appearing after 2010. The extant literature was dispersed across a wide array of journals, exhibiting a paucity of concentration of sources and a marked long-tail distribution. The prevailing authorship patterns were predominantly single-authored, though there has been a modest yet perceptible rise in collaborative endeavors in recent years. A thorough citation analysis revealed a highly skewed distribution, with influence concentrated in a small number of broad, interdisciplinary contributions. The relationship between citation impact and publication age was only moderately significant.
Conclusions. Symbolic politics has evolved into a conceptually influential yet institutionally decentralized research domain. The study underscores the notion of symbolic politics as a paradigmatic example of how interdisciplinary fields evolve and accrue influence within the contemporary scholarly communication landscape.
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                                    [date] => 2026-01-25
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                                            [0] => https://ijsmc.pro-metrics.org/index.php/i/article/view/338
                                            [1] => 10.47909/ijsmc.338
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                                            [0] => Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication; Vol. 6 (2026): Forthcoming articles; 1-9
                                            [1] => Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication; Vol. 6 (2026): Próximos artículos; 1-9
                                            [2] => Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication; Vol. 6 (2026): Artigos futuros; 1-9
                                            [3] => 2709-3158
                                            [4] => 2709-7595
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                                    [language] => eng
                                    [relation] => https://ijsmc.pro-metrics.org/index.php/i/article/view/338/204
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                                            [0] => Copyright (c) 2026 Zhaslan Nurbayev, Zhangylsyn Kiyubek, Gulmira Sultangazy
                                            [1] => https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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