JURNAL ISLAM DAN MASYARAKAT KONTEMPORARI, 13(1): 1-26 1 https: / / journal.unisza.edu.my / jimk [BIBLIOMETRIC STUDIES ON RESEARCH PUBLICATION MATERIALS: TOWARDS THE LATEST RESEARCH IN ISLAMIC STUDIES] KAJIAN BIBLIOMETRIK TERHADAP BAHAN PENERBITAN PENYELIDIKAN BERKAITAN DELIMA: KE ARAH PENYELIDIKAN TERKINI DALAM BIDANG PENGAJIAN ISLAM KHADHER AHMAD 1* MOHD YAKUB @ ZULKIFLI MOHD YUSOFF 2 MONIKA @ MUNIRAH ABD RAZZAK 3 MOHD ASMADI YAKOB 4 NURULWAHIDAH FAUZI 5 KHALIJAH AWANG 6 ROZANA OTHMAN 7 MOHD FARHAN MD ARIFFIN 8 1 Jabatan Al-Qur’an dan Al-Hadith, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM), 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 Jabatan Al-Qur’an dan Al-Hadith, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM), 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3 Jabatan Al-Qur’an dan Al-Hadith, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM), 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 4 Akademi Pengajian Islam Kontemporari, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor. 5 Fakulti Pengajian Quran dan Sunnah, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. 6 Jabatan Kimia, Fakulti Sains, Universiti Malaya. 7 Jabatan Farmasi, Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Malaya. 8 Jabatan Al-Qur’an dan Al-Hadith, Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM), 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. *Corresponding author: khadher82@um.edu.my Received Date: 7 April 2016 • Accepted Date: 28 July 2016 Abstract Pomegranates are an antioxidant-rich superfood with alternative and natural medicine resources for the natural health community. From the perspective of ancient medical practice, pomegranate is in a highest ranking of healthy fruits because of its diverse beneficial in curing diseases. Trend research publications pomegranates were studied. The study focused on content analysis, especially in the field of primary research on pomegranate. Referring to the results of 'literature review' on pomegranate, researchers found that the majority of previous research on pomegranate dominated by journal articles by 85.5 percent. Research on the method of analysis conducted in the previous studies found that most studies on pomegranate done on a scientific analysis (laboratory studies). Studies on aspects of science has been divided into six areas. Focus areas include scientific discussion of pomegranate is pharmaceutical, Food Science, JURNAL ISLAM DAN MASYARAKAT KONTEMPORARI © PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN ISSN 1985-7667 • e-ISSN: 2289-6325 https://doi.org/10.37231/jimk.2016.13.1.160