Scientometrics Research Journal
Year:2020 | Volume:5 | Issue:1 (10)|Papers Count:13

Purpose: Quality of academic resources is now fully considered as an important part of the country's higher education system. The present study was conducted to analyze the content of the proposed syllabuses of Scientometrics at the Master's degree. Methodology: The current research was done using content analysis. Data was gathered through a check-list., o retrieve various categories of Persian and English books, websites of the National Library and Archives of Iran and the Library of Congress were referred to respectively. Moreover, to measure the cited half-life determination, formula T = Y + y was used. Data analysis was done using Excel Software. Findings: This syllabus includes 126 and 89 Persian and English sources, respectively. %36. 5 of them selected from Q category, and %27 belonged to the Z (bibliography, bibliography, books, industry, and book trade). Category of T (technology), L (education), and others have also been considered relatively less. The half-life of the articles and book were 11 years and 6 months, and 8 years and 6 months respectively. Dr. Osareh is ranked first among the most prolific authors (19. 67), especially in writing articles. Among the authors of the books, the share of Dr. Noroozi Chakoli and Dr. Mehrad are also more significant than the others. Conclustion: Due to the lack of introduction of resources with novel content, as well as the lack of practical syllabuses and translated sources, reviewing the curriculum seemed necessary. Besides, the compilation of sources in the native approach can be effective in influencing research on educational policies of the country.

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effects of alternative publishing models such as open access practices which make scholarly output assessment easier from a Scientometrics point of view, precisely called Altmetrics. Methodology: Using bibliometrics and scientometrics, the characteristics of Altmetrics articles were studied regarding subject, the channel of publication, year of publishing, country, and readership in various social media were investigated. The comparison of the Altmetrics score and their citation status were also examined in the current study. Findings: The study showed that more than half of the articles (53 articles) were in medical and health sciences. Other articles included were from fields of biology (20), Geology and Environmental Sciences (9), Social sciences (8), Research and development and Physics (2), and one in Information and Computer Science. Most articles (16) were published in Nature. Lancet published 12, the British Medical Journal 6, the Science and JAMA Magazine 5 articles respectively. The publication rates of articles were not the same in all months. The United States (46%), the United Kingdom (53%), and Canada (1%) published most of the top articles, respectively. Conclustion: Researchers in a variety of fields use a variety of tools to provide their research outcomes and deliver their scientific message in plain language to the public in various ways.

Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to provide a comprehensive perspective of the criteria and indicators available in the National University Ranking Systems of the countries in the world. Methodology: The current study is descriptive research, and more specifically, a scientometric study based on a quantitative approach and library method. The study population comprised 27 countries of the National University Ranking Systems. The sampling method was a criterion-based purposive sampling, from which data were gathered and analyzed in Microsoft EXCEL, using the descriptive statistical methods. Findings: The research findings showed that the criteria including education, students, financial factors, alumni, research, and faculty members were presented in more than half of the National University Rankings. Moreover, it was reported that the International Student Ratio, the quality of university campus, average scores of admitted students, scholarships, bursaries and grants for student, student exchanges, and Student-Staff Ratio were the top five research indicators. Conclustion: Last but not least, the results showed that in the National University Rankings, among the main functions of the universities, two factors of education and research have been more salient.

Purpose: The present research was conducted to assess the variety and the research impact of these levels of interdisciplinary and cooperation at inter-departmental and intradepartmental levels. Methodology: This research is a descriptive survey. The research population includes the indexed papers in the field of basic science in the Scopus database as well as their authors. The samples are recruited from among whole articles published in 2012 through purposive and clustered sampling. During data analysis, articles and their authors’ views are investigated and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: Come to take it as an interdisciplinary study, physics on the level of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and chemistry on the level of interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary recorded a better position and ranked first. Furthermore, there is no meaningful difference among interdisciplinary levels as their citations. The most interdepartmental and intradepartmental cooperations, physics and chemistry, ranked first, respectively. Conclustion: Although the trend of three fields of basic science to being interdisciplinary is increasing, the rate of interdisciplinarity and its pattern among fields is different. Despite that, a strong tendency to be interdisciplinary shows the significance of developing interdisciplinary fields in universities, especially in physics and chemistry.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the most commonly used topics of scientific productions in the field of scientific communication indexed in the World Wide Web database in the years 2000-2017. Methodology: The present study is an applied research method and in terms of research methodology, it is a type of documentary or library research. In this research, the science metrics and the lexical co-occurrence analysis method were used. UCInet and Bibexcel Network analysis software were used to draw up required maps. The statistical population of the research includes 905 articles indexed in the Web Science Database, in the field of scientific communication. Findings: The findings of the research showed that MORALES MEL and RODRIGUES RS each with the top 7 articles in the field of scientific communication, the United States with 233 articles ranked first, and English with 678 records as the best language the field of scientific communication is known. Conclustion: The results of the vocabulary analysis section in the field of scientific communication showed that the most widely used categories are Science, Journals, Internet, Open Access, Information. That is these subject categories are identified as the primary focus of scientific research scholars.

purpose: Cohort studies are one of the most important research methods in the field of medical sciences that are usually costly and timeconsuming. To justify the investments of these studies, their impacts and achievements should be evaluated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status and impact of Iranian cohort studies on the production and development of knowledge. Methodology: The present research was a descriptive applied study using bibliometric and Scientometrics methods. 1374 Iranian scientific productions from cohort studies, indexed up to November 30, 2017, in the web of science, formed the statistical population of this study. To analyze the data and descriptive statistics, Excel software and to draw up cooperation maps, Bibexcel, NET DREW and UCInet were used, respectively. Findings: 1374 documents indexed in 108 different subject categories with ― Medicine, General & Internal‖ consisted of the first group with 243 articles. These documents received 12953 citations. 69. 36% of documents were cited, and 0. 5% of them were highly cited. 9685 authors cooperated in writing these papers. Therefore, it was indicated that each paper, on average, contributed by 7 authors. Also, 506 out of 624 journals published cohort articles had an impact factor. 17. 9% of papers were published in Q1 journals, and110 countries and 1389 national and international organizations contributed to publish Iranian cohort studies articles. Conclustion: Considering the growing trend in cohort studies, university administrators, custodians, and research investors need to pay attention to the impact of these studies to plan for investing in these studies as well as focusing on domestic and foreign partnerships. Researchers should also pay more attention to the dissemination of research results in qualified magazines with an international audience.

Purpose: Commercialization of science and technology is one of the most important indexes of innovation in science and technology that can answer this important question: which organizations and countries could change ideas and knowledge into product and wealth, and which factors were effective in this process? This research aimed to identify the commercialization state of academic research studies and their drivers and barriers at Shahed University. Methodology: To meet this purpose, a six-step study was carried out. Based on the literature review, the market analysis approach was selected as the appropriate approach to evaluate the commercial potential of academic research studies. About 214 completed research projects in University were evaluated, as well. Findings: As a result, 70 percent of projects were confirmed to have commercial potential. Based on previous studies, 120 parameters were identified and after refinement, 51 parameters were finalized and grouped into 13 main factors and categorized into three dimensions, namely, individual, organizational, and institutional factors. The result of the expert survey confirmed that the identified factors were reliable. Using the DEMATEL technique to investigate the relationship between the main factors and three dimensions resulted in the prioritization of the most influential factors on the commercialization of academic research as managerial attitude, planning and policymaking, facilitation and support, cultural background, system factors, organizational structure, procurement, and mobilization. In terms of effect factors, priorities included knowledge and awareness, empowerment and skill, creativity and innovation, risk-taking and trust. In the next step, using ANP to prioritize influential factors on commercialization, it was concluded that planning and policymaking, organizational support, managerial attitude, cultural background, facilitation and support, organizational systems, and other factors ranked respectively. In the final step, based on the viewpoint of academic researchers, the state of each identified factor was investigated. Conclustion: The research finding revealed that the lack of each of 13 factors (except risk-taking) can play the role of the barrier for commercialization of academic research results, and the existence of each factor can be a driver for success in the commercialization of research results.

Purpose: The current study aimed at evaluating the relationship between moral growth and self-control variables with "self-citation" and "total citation rates" in the articles of the top authors of Iranian medical sciences’ universities in 2017. Methodology: The current cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the variables of the two domains of Scientometrics and social psychology, and their correlation type (model presentation). The target population in the first part of this research study includes all the writers who had an EH index of 10 or above in the scientific database of 2017. Sampling was done by systematic random sampling. The sample size at this stage was 120 according to the formula n = 104 + m and the study's history. In the citation analysis, two papers from each author were evaluated. The data collected during the first and second parts of the study were analyzed by Excel and SPSS 16. 0. Finally, a regression analysis was performed based on the input method. Findings: The results of the current study showed that the correlation coefficients of the level of moral development and self-citation model have a significant relationship, but the self-control variable does not have a significant relationship with the pattern of total citation rates. Also, there is a meaningful relationship between the self-citation pattern and the pattern of total citation rates. In the regression model by input method, only moral growth factor and self-control variables had the predictive power of predictive power (P <0. 001), but the self-control variable could not be as The predictor of the authors' self-citation pattern is considered. The regression model between the variables of moral growth and self-control as predictive variables and the variable "total rate of citation" as a criterion variable is not significant based on the method of entry. In other words, none of the two variables of the level of moral development and self-control can be a predictive factor for the behavioral pattern of the total rate of citations of authors' articles. Conclustion: According to the results of the current study, the power to explain the 17 percent change in the author's own citation pattern with the factor of the level of moral development suggests that social norms are the cause of real or imaginary pressures on authors, which ultimately leads to more self-citation by the author. The existence of a relationship between the factor of the "moral growth level" and the "self-citation" pattern of the writers as well as the predictive power of this pattern through the above factor is in some way a confirmation of the theory of Cronin's social structure in citation behavior. In other words, part of the self-referential behavior of writers is influenced by social pressures, and it depends on the writers’ level of moral development. Also, the context and primary basis in which the process of citation has taken place is effective in this process. These findings also unequivocally violate the normative theory of citation behavior that claims the citation merely reflects the cognitive or logical effects of scientific work.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate the research productivity of universities and institutes in the field of expert systems in Iran. Methodology: In accordance with the goals and nature of this subject, the current study is methodological applied research in which, documentary and survey methods were utilized. The Statistical community of this research includes all researchers, universities, and research institutes in the field of expert systems in Iran who have published articles on the website from 1996 to 2016. Due to a coefficient of 0. 96 obtained by Cronbach's alpha, the questionnaire’ s reliability was confirmed by using Excel and SPSS software. Findings: The results indicated that the indexes of patented patents of researchers in the field of expert systems are of great importance. According to the research findings, the ranking of research productivity of researchers, universities, and institutes in the field of expert systems in Iran is as follows: As for the universities, the University of Tehran ranked first and Amirkabir University stood in the second. Conclustion: The results revealed that in two qualification and quantitative dimensions and without considering the researchers' population, University of Tehran has the most productivity in the related fields of the expert systems.

purpose: The study aims to investigate the impact of the co-authorship on the research quality in the field of “ Knowledge and Information Science” in 2008-2015. Methodology: The present study is a kind of applied study in which survey methods have been adopted for achieving its purpose. The statistical community includes 640 articles published in the Iranian journals of the relevant field between 2008-2015. The selected journals included “ journal of academic librarianship and information research” , “ journal of information processing and management” , as well as “ Astan Quds Razavi journal of library and information science” . Furthermore, 150 articles were selected through simple random sampling and their quality was investigated. Moreover, the quality of title, abstract, introduction, literature review, findings, and conclusion throughout descriptive statistics and the “ Pearson correlation coefficient” were analyzed through inferential statistics by SPSS software. Findings: Most of the co-authorship patterns allocate to two-authored papers (39%), and the most utilized document types are Persian articles (50. 1%). Besides, the correlation coefficients between the “ co-authorship” and the “ quality of different sections of a paper” such as the literature review (0. 2%) and conclusion (0. 18%) are weak. Hence, there is no correlation in the sections of title, abstract, introduction, and findings. Conclustion: The general quality of various sections of the articles is not desirable. Additionally, the numbers of authors do not affect the paper quality and the research trend.

Purpose: Books are significant scholarly publications which contribute a large part to the diffusion of scholarly findings and aid general knowledge promotion. The major goal of this research was to determine the relationship between teaching ranks of textbooks used in World Top Rank Universities according to Times Higher Education and indicators extracted from the citation, PageRank, and HITS. Methodology: The current study is applied research and utilizes descriptive correlation method. This research was conducted using citation analysis. The population involved 1869 textbooks from the collections of indexed books in Scopus. The books were identified through matching 168, 866 book titles published between 1953-2017 which were indexed in Scopus and recorded in Open Syllabus Project as teaching resources of World Top Rank Universities. The Library of Congress Classification was used to determine book subjects. The citations count of each book was exported from Scopus. PageRank and HITS algorithms were calculated by books citation networks using the Sci2Tool program. Findings: The results showed that there was a weak relationship among all three levels of teaching ranks with citation counts. Besides, The correlation between teaching ranks and PageRank were moderate and significant. Of the two ranking scores associated with the HITS algorithm, the correlations between teaching ranks and authority scores were significantly weak, but they were only significant at sub-classification levels with Hub scores. Furthermore, teaching ranks had a significantly moderate correlation with both PageRank and Authority scores in Social Sciences (H), Philosophy, Psychology, Religion (B), Politics (J), Law (K) and World History (D). Conclustion: Pagerank and authority scores of books calculated based upon the book citation network can be used in determining the teaching impact of books in some fields. Hence, this research suggests international citation indexes to utilize these indicators for books or to make the calculation of such indicators feasible for users. This is the first research conducted to examine the relationship between teaching rank of books with citation network indicators calculated by PageRank and HITS algorithms.