Scientometrics
Faramarz soheili; shiva shirdavani
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Purpose: This research tries to determinants of patent citations by using a survival analysis.Methods: Research method was patent citation analysis. Research population consisted of 25,392 patents in the USPTO database in the Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Category: 706). Cox and Kaplan-Meier ...
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Purpose: This research tries to determinants of patent citations by using a survival analysis.Methods: Research method was patent citation analysis. Research population consisted of 25,392 patents in the USPTO database in the Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Category: 706). Cox and Kaplan-Meier regression were used to analyze the data.Finding: The research findings showed that of the 6749 patents that received first citation, in the first three months, the probability of citing each patent was less than one percent, and the probability of being cited increased over time. So that probability has risen to over 90% after 84 months. Kaplan-Meier test results showed that it takes between 38 and 40 months on average to a patent obtain first citation in the field of AI.Results: The results of the Cox test showed that, at the significant level of 0.05, inventors and assignees were influenced the productivity and receiving citation of patents. Purpose: This research tries to determinants of patent citations by using a survival analysis.Methods: Research method was patent citation analysis. Research population consisted of 25,392 patents in the USPTO database in the Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Category: 706). Cox and Kaplan-Meier regression were used to analyze the data.Finding: The research findings showed that of the 6749 patents that received first citation, in the first three months, the probability of citing each patent was less than one percent, and the probability of being cited increased over time. So that probability has risen to over 90% after 84 months. Kaplan-Meier test results showed that it takes between 38 and 40 months on average to a patent obtain first citation in the field of AI.Results: The results of the Cox test showed that, at the significant level of 0.05, inventors and assignees were influenced the productivity and receiving citation of patents.
Scientometrics
Mariam Keshvari; Farideh Osareh; Faramarz soheili
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Background/Purpose: the most important goal of the present dissertation is the designing of the top authors’ scientific productivity model so as to achieve a combined set of quantitative and qualitative indicators and items influencing the scientific productivity and take a step towards the improvement ...
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Background/Purpose: the most important goal of the present dissertation is the designing of the top authors’ scientific productivity model so as to achieve a combined set of quantitative and qualitative indicators and items influencing the scientific productivity and take a step towards the improvement of the scientific productivity’s evaluation.Methodology: the present study has been conducted based on a mixed (quantitative-qualitative) method; the qualitative section uses the ideas and notions of the experts in the scientific productivity domain and the quantitative section deals with the application of the statistical tests and scientometrics’ indicators. Two statistical populations have taken part in the present study: 12 domestic and foreign experts in the scientific productivity field; 235 highly cited authors from around the globe. The study data have been collected using checklist, questionnaires and Clarivate Analytics-Web Of Science database. To analyze the data, SPSS 19 and LISREL 8 were used. The scientific productivity model has been verified based on the experts’ ideas in the population of the top authors using second order confirmatory factor analysis.Findings: the present study’s findings indicate that the scientific productivity model based on the experts’ notions in population of the studied top authors features a favorable goodness of fit. Considering the factor loads in the confirmatory factor analysis, the “bibliometrics component” with a factor load of 1, the “individual component” with a factor load of 0.69 and the “organizational component” with a factor load of 0.63 in the population of highly cited authors are influential in the scientific productivity model. Discussion and Conclusion: the findings of the present study indicate that a collection of organizational, individual and bibliometric factors influence the scientific productivity of the top authors and the tri-component model features a favorable goodness of fit. Combination of the quantitative and qualitative items can offer a more thorough image of the status of the individuals’ scientific productivity; the items offered in this model can be employed as solution by the individuals and organizations for enhancing scientific productivity.
Scientometrics
Maryam Emami; Nosrat Riahinia; Faramarz soheili
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of maps obtained from the co-word analysis of patents for medical and laboratory equipment using the opinions of experts in this field.Methodology: This research has been done in two stages. In the first stage, all-word analysis ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of maps obtained from the co-word analysis of patents for medical and laboratory equipment using the opinions of experts in this field.Methodology: This research has been done in two stages. In the first stage, all-word analysis technique was used to extract concepts and draw thematic maps based on rank centrality, intermediate and proximity indicators. Then, in the second stage, using the Delphi technique, the opinions of a group of experts in the field of medical and laboratory equipment were used to evaluate the applicability of the maps and analyzes extracted in the first stage. The statistical population of the present study in the first stage is all the patents in the field of medical and laboratory equipment that have been registered in the database of the US Patent and Trademark Office in the period 1984 to 2014. In the second phase of this research, to implement the Delphi method, a panel consisting of a group of specialists in the field of medical and laboratory equipment who had a history of service and activity in this field, was formed.Results: Thematic maps could be useful in providing an overview of the content of patents in the field of medical and laboratory equipment. If scientific plans in the field of medical and laboratory equipment become a road map, they can have a positive impact on the decisions of experts in this field. Also, by eliminating the shortcomings in the scientific plans of medical and laboratory equipment, it is possible to improve the existing technologies in this field. Therefore, drawn scientific maps can be a good tool for those who want to gain a basic understanding of patents in the field of medical and laboratory equipment.Conclusion: The maps obtained from the co-word analysis of patents in the field of medical and laboratory equipment have been able to be effective in understanding the content of this scientific field.
Scientometrics
Ali Akbar Khasseh; Faramarz soheili; Heidar Mokhtari; Shahdokht Paydar
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Purpose: In spite of their importance, especially in social sciences and humanities, book reviews have hardly been considered from a scientometric perspective. This study aimed at investigating the contribution made by Middle Eastern countries in book reviews indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) during ...
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Purpose: In spite of their importance, especially in social sciences and humanities, book reviews have hardly been considered from a scientometric perspective. This study aimed at investigating the contribution made by Middle Eastern countries in book reviews indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) during 2009-2018, emphasizing Iran.
Methodology: This applied study was a scientometric survey. At first, the needed data were extracted from WoS and imported into Excel. Then, isi.exe software was used for measuring scientometric indicators and determining co-authorship patterns.
Findings: Turkey, Iran and Emirate had the highest ranks in publishing book reviews, respectively. Regarding the share ratio of book reviews to all papers of a certain country, Cyprus and Jordan ranked first to second, respectively. The share of Middle Eastern countries in book reviews was very low in comparison with that of the World. These countries were more active in the subjects of history, religion, other social sciences and humanities, government and low, and area studies. Turkey, Iran and Emirate had the highest ranks in receiving citations for their book reviews, respectively. Most of book reviews were one-authored.
Conclusion: In conclusion, it can be said that in all,, the ranking of the Middle East countries, including among others, Iran in producing book reviews was not acceptable in the world as well as their received citation rates during the recent decade. In addition, these countries have disregarded book reviews in science and engineering.n conclusion, it can be said that in all,, the ranking of the Middle East countries, including among others, Iran in producing book reviews was not acceptable in the world as well as their received citation rates during the recent decade. In addition, these countries have disregarded book reviews in science and engineering. can be said that in all,, the ranking of the Middle East countries, including among others, Iran in producing book reviews was not acceptable in the world as well as their received citation rates during the recent decade.
Scientometrics
Faramarz soheili; Ali Akbar Khasseh; mojgan sadeghi
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Objective: In this research, the factors affecting the number of citations to the articles indexed in the Clarivate Analytics have been identified from the perspective of Library and Information Science specialists.
Method: The method of the present study is Delphi. By conducting a content analysis ...
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Objective: In this research, the factors affecting the number of citations to the articles indexed in the Clarivate Analytics have been identified from the perspective of Library and Information Science specialists.
Method: The method of the present study is Delphi. By conducting a content analysis of the texts, the components affecting the number of citations have been extracted and a questionnaire has been designed based on these components. The research community is composed of Library and Information Science specialists.
Findings: The findings from the Delphi method led to the identification of 70 proposed sub-components under the five main components including the characteristics of the subject area, journal, article, authors and keywords.
Conclusion: The results of this study show that researchers, when deciding to cite articles, pay more attention to the following factors: publisher credibility, scope of fields and disciplines, credibility of the institution or university, credibility of journal publication dimensions, journal impact factor, the international publication of the journal and its Q index, article accessibility, type of access, authors reputation, presence in scientific social networks, having an online resume such as ORCID, article topic relevance, topic popularity, and number of keywords.
Finally, the following factors are among the features that, according to the Library & Information Science faculty members, are not related to receiving citations of articles, and for this reason, they were removed in the first stage of Delphi: the length of the article, the length of the abstract, the name of countries in the title, the presence of time in the title, the type of titles, the use of figures and appendixes in the articles, the sample size of the article, the length of the article title, the presence of the name of a place in the title, articles with more notes, articles with punctuation marks in the title, the presence of acronyms and abbreviations, providing detailed contact information of authors, the number of authors, and the number of self-citations of authors.
Keywords: citation, received citation, citation rate, factors affecting number of citations, Clarivate Analytics, Library and Information Science.
Public Libraries
Ali Akbar Khasseh; Yosra Rahmani; Faramarz Soheili
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Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the Copyright literacy of public librarians in Kermanshah province, Iran.
Research method: The current study is a descriptive-survey. The statistical population of this research is all librarians of Public Library in Kermanshah (N=170). Based ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the Copyright literacy of public librarians in Kermanshah province, Iran.
Research method: The current study is a descriptive-survey. The statistical population of this research is all librarians of Public Library in Kermanshah (N=170). Based on Cochran formula, 118 individuals were selected as sample. The sampling method used in this study was stratified random sampling. Four standard questionnaires to assess librarians' copyright literacy developed by Todorova et al. (2017) were used for data collection. Then to analyze the data and answer the research questions from descriptive indices (frequency distribution table, mean and standard deviation), chi-square test, one-sample t-test and independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance test in SPSS software was used.
Findings: The results of data analysis demonstrated that the level of familiarity of librarians with copyright issues in Kermanshah province is low. Moreover, the results showed that Kermanshah Public Librarians' awareness of copyright policies and procedures of the country and its libraries is at a low level. In their view, there is no one in their organization responsible for dealing with copyright issues. The results also indicated that the overwhelming majority of librarians in Kermanshah province agree with the inclusion of copyright issues in academic curricula and its teaching, especially at undergraduate level. Finally, results showed that there is no significant difference between librarians' familiarity with copyright issues in gender, fields of study (librarianship and non-librarianship) and level of education.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be said that the absence of issues related to copyright and its rules in the curriculum of the students of librarianship and information science in the universities are extremely bold. Moreover, it seems that public libraries did not perform well on teaching copyright issues to their staff, especially librarians, as they could teach these workshops and courses. The managers of public libraries in Kermanshah province should have better planning for their organization's librarians. It is recommended that, in hiring librarians, library managers and policy makers should also be aware of the amount of copyright literacy of applicants.
Information Behavior
Faramarz soheili; sharareh Mahmoodi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors underlying the non-use of public libraries by housewives in rural areas of Kurdistan.
Method: The study was conducted using qualitative approach and grounded theory method. The research data were obtained through interviews with 25 housewives ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors underlying the non-use of public libraries by housewives in rural areas of Kurdistan.
Method: The study was conducted using qualitative approach and grounded theory method. The research data were obtained through interviews with 25 housewives of rural areas of Kurdistan province. Data were analyzed using coding methods in three stages: open, axial, and selective.
Results: From the analysis of interviews, 5 main categories and 19 sub-categories were identified. The main category “physical conditions” includes subcategories of positions, number of libraries, internal space, facilities; the main category “staff” includes knowledge and skills, public relations and scarcity; the main category “resources” include scarcity, ordering and organization; the main category “public services” includes the library network, opening hours, borrowing, special services; and the main categories “personal issues” included lack of time, creating the cultural context, motivation, economics, and lack of awareness.
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Information Behavior
Faramarz soheili; Ali Akbar Khasseh; hojatallah Askari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the information literacy of graduate students in electronic environment in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Methodology: This research has been done by mixed method. Quantitative part of the research was descriptive-survey studies and qualitative part ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the information literacy of graduate students in electronic environment in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Methodology: This research has been done by mixed method. Quantitative part of the research was descriptive-survey studies and qualitative part was thematic analysis. The statistical population in a small part includes graduate students of Shahid Chamran University, of which 354 people have been selected by the relative class method. In the qualitative part, the statistical sample included 8 professors and librarians of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Research data were collected in the quantitative part through a questionnaire and in the qualitative part in the form of focus groups. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis.Results: Data analysis showed that graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz have a relatively good information literacy in the electronic environment. Qualitative data analysis leads to the identification of 40 basic themes and 4 organizational themes related to challenges (including information, skills, organization, software and hardware challenges) and thematic analysis leads to the identification of 27 basic themes and 3 themes. The organizer became aware of mechanisms (including knowledge enhancement, skills enhancement, and systems updating) for better search of graduate students when properly searching electronic collections. Conclusion: Although the information literacy situation of graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the electronic environment is favorable, but the challenges identified in this study affect the information literacy of students in the electronic environment. To overcome these challenges, libraries can enhance students' information literacy through knowledge and skills development.Conclusion: Although the information literacy situation of graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the electronic environment is favorable, but the challenges identified in this study affect the information literacy of students in the electronic environment. To overcome these challenges, libraries can enhance students' information literacy through knowledge and skills development.
Scientometrics
Mostafa Rostami; Faramarz soheili; Ali Akbar Khasseh
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Background and Objectives: The increasing importance of science and technology in contemporary societies and their impact on human life has caused the relationship between these two elements to be analyzed from different perspectives. This study investigates the relationship between science and technology ...
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Background and Objectives: The increasing importance of science and technology in contemporary societies and their impact on human life has caused the relationship between these two elements to be analyzed from different perspectives. This study investigates the relationship between science and technology in the field of knowledge discovery using citation analysis of patents during 1995-2014.
Methodology: This is an applied research which has been conducted using citation analysis method. The relationship between science and technology has been investigated using the indicators established in the two mentioned areas. For this purpose, we referred to the USPTO database and in the first stage, the field of Data Processing was searched. In the next step, the subject category of the data processing domain was analyzed and the subject category of knowledge discovery was identified and provided to the subject experts. After reviewing and analyzing the subject headings, they selected category 603 under the subject of Data Processing as the main category in the field of knowledge discovery. In the next step, the Current US Classification (CCL) was used to retrieve all related permissions and to avoid false dropout and search results error. All patents related to the subject of knowledge discovery (subject category 603), data processing area, including 304 patents were recalled from the earliest year of registration (1995) to the last year of registration (2014).
In the next step, bibliographic information on the first page of patents was used for citation analysis. This information is categorized into three sections named U.S. Patent Documents, Foreign Patent Documents, and Other References. The data was extracted manually from the text file and entered into Microsoft Excel 2013, and then the relationships (formulas) were coded and executed in Excel.
Geometric average formula was used to calculate the growth rate of citations. Narin (2000) proposed formula was used to study and evaluate the relationship between science and technology. The science index calculates the average number of citations to scientific articles in a patent. Scientific power indicates the degree of participation of scientific knowledge in the technical field. The technical power measurement is used to calculate the amount of technology used in the patents. Technical strength is a measure of the qualitative weight of a patent.
The statistical population of this research includes 304 patents in the subcategory of knowledge discovery and registered in the US Patent and Trademark Database, which was registered in this database from 1995 to 2014. By referring to the USPTO database and searching for knowledge discovery, the category of related topics was examined and finally category number 603 was selected to study the relationship between science and technology in the field of knowledge discovery. Uspto2.exe, Aostsoft All Document, and Excel software were used to extract and analyze the data. Ravar PreMap software was used to calculate the frequency and Excel program was used to calculate the growth trend of patents, growth rate of citations and drawing statistical graphs.
Findings: Findings showed that the patents in the field of knowledge discovery during the research period have a growing trend of 30.07%. In other words, an average of 15.2 patents has been registered each year. The calculation of the growth rate of citing patents in the field of knowledge discovery using the geometric average shows 62.59% growth for a period of twenty years. Calculating the rate of citation to US patents using geometric averages shows a growth of 72.8%. Moreover, calculating the growth rate of citation to non-US patents based on geometric averages shows 87.2% growth. In this study, the link with science in the field of knowledge discovery was .3549. The closer the number of links with science is to 1, the stronger the scientific link is, and the closer it is to zero, the weaker the scientific link. In other words, the higher the citation of non-patent documents to the patents, the more it indicates that the invention in question has been produced based on research and scientific and academic theories. Scientific power in the field of knowledge discovery for the studied years was 10788.96 units, which indicates the influence of scientific documents in the patents of this field. In this research, the technical strength of the field of knowledge discovery is equal to 1967.52 units. The highest technical power (34.947) is related to 2011 and the lowest technical power (0.857) is related to 1995.
Discussion: The number of patents in the field of knowledge discovery at the USPTO database has grown by 30.07% in recent decades, with an average of 15.2 patents per year. These results show that the growth rate of patents has had ups and downs between these years. But further studies show that overall this growth has been accompanied by an upward slope; The highest number of patents was registered between 2008 and 2011. This growth has coincided with the growth of the global economy. The reason for this leap has been the need for global markets and free trade, which has led scientists, engineers and inventors to seek a share of the emerging market for emerging technologies. The results of this study showed that the rate of connection with science and its effect in the field of knowledge discovery is 35.49%. Considering the technical background in the field of knowledge discovery, this level of science participation in this field and its increase in the final years of the research period, indicates the growth of scientific research in line with technology and commercialization of scientific products of academic and industrial centers.
Faramarz soheili; Minoosh Ezati; Ali Akbar Khasseh
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Purpose: In this study, comparative comparisons between Simorgh and Mirase Jam-E Jam software have been made and the features and performances of these two software have been described in the IRIB organization.Research method: The present study is of applied variety, and has been done with survey method ...
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Purpose: In this study, comparative comparisons between Simorgh and Mirase Jam-E Jam software have been made and the features and performances of these two software have been described in the IRIB organization.Research method: The present study is of applied variety, and has been done with survey method and an evaluation method has been used to analyze the obtained data.Findings: The findings of this research showed that in the eleven criteria which considered in this study (including; Software technical section, Data input and output standards section, Search section, save and restore, To register and login information, Help Section, reporting section, Security section, metadata standards section, operating system limitations, user interface section) the Mirase Jam-E Jam software is superior to the Simorgh software in six criteria.However, the Simorgh software is also superior in data input and output sectors, search, and save and restore, Help and ultimately in the user interface as compared to the Mirase Jam-E Jam software. In a general comparison, based on all the criteria, the Mirase Jam-E Jam software has superiority with acquiring 53.08 over the Simorgh software with 46.55.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that both software require major revisions. Although the Mirase Jam-e Jam software is superior, but important parts need to be revision to be more consistent with archival resources.
Public Libraries
Ali Akbar Khasseh; Shahla Yosefpoor; Faramarz soheili; Mehri Shahbazi
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in librarians based on the work conditions and its relationship with burnout, job stress and job motivation among public libraries in Kermanshah province. In order to achieve this goal, the ...
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in librarians based on the work conditions and its relationship with burnout, job stress and job motivation among public libraries in Kermanshah province. In order to achieve this goal, the research focused on the following three hypotheses: (1) Librarians of public libraries in Kermanshah province have a high rate of musculoskeletal disorders; (2) There is a significant relationship between musculoskeletal disorders based on heavy workstation conditions and burnout in librarians of public libraries in Kermanshah province; There is a significant relationship between musculoskeletal disorders based on heavy workstation conditions and job stress in librarians of public libraries in Kermanshah province.
Methodology: This research is of survey-descriptive type. The statistical population of this study included all librarians working in 51 public libraries of Kermanshah province, whose total number was reported to be 170 people. Using Cochran's formula, 118 people were selected as a sample by proportional stratified random sampling. Four standard questionnaires were used to collect data. The first research instrument was the standard Nordic Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire, which examines nine anatomical areas of the body, including the neck, shoulders, elbows, hands and wrists, back, waist, thighs, knees, feet, and ankles. It also emphasizes whether these discomforts have caused the person to quit or be unable to work. The second instrument was the Maslach burnout inventory, which measures the three dimensions of emotional fatigue, depersonalization, and feelings of inefficiency. The third instrument was HSE (The Health and Safety Executive) work stress questionnaire, which measures the 7 components of role, communication, support of officials, support of colleagues, control, demand and changes in employees. Finally, the fourth tool was Maslow's job motivation questionnaire, which includes 5 subscales of feeling safe, social belonging, feeling respect, feeling independent, and feeling self-fulfilling. Data were analyzed using logistic regression correlation coefficient and chi-square test.
Findings: The results showed that the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was in the lumbar region, back area, neck area, hip or thigh area, respectively, and the lowest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was reported in the knee, shoulder, wrist area, and elbow area. The study of the relationship between burnout and the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the neck, back, buttocks, shoulders, elbows and wrists showed that there is a significant and negative correlation between job stress and the prevalence of these disorders in the buttocks. Moreover, there is also a significant and negative correlation between job motivation and the prevalence of these disorders in the neck, back and shoulders. The value of odds ratio in these areas also shows that for each unit of increase in job motivation score, the probability of neck disorders (47%) and back and shoulders (53%) decreases.
Discussion: According to the results of the present study, musculoskeletal disorders have a high frequency among employees of public libraries in Kermanshah province. In this regard, ergonomic intervention programs in the workplace seem to be essential. According to the results of this study, it is suggested that employees be provided with training on ergonomic principles of work in the workplace. In addition, due to the direct relationship between the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and burnout and job stress, it is suggested that public library administrators take appropriate measures to reduce the pressure on the individual and create positive entertainment, work safety training and programs. Increase retraining, increase individual and organizational productivity. In addition, it is recommended to prevent musculoskeletal disorders by examining appropriate work tools and how they are adapted to individual characteristics and designing a suitable workstation for librarians. According to the results of the present study, this measure will eventually lead to a reduction in occupational depression. Also, public library managers, if they have enough information about risk factors in job stress and musculoskeletal disorders related to work, will be able to establish proper communication with staff and create a suitable work environment for them to continue their stress-free activities. As a result, the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders is somewhat reduced. Also, due to the inverse relationship between job motivation and the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, it is suggested that managers in order to increase job motivation, pay enough attention to improving the salary situation, rewards and job promotion. Library administrators are also encouraged to relocate librarians working in the overcrowded sections of the library. The use of occupational health consultants in the field of providing work equipment (especially computer equipment) and the use of software that appears on the computer screen at a specific time and reminds to perform soft movements are other effective suggestions in preventing musculoskeletal disorders.
Faramarz soheili; sargol rahimi
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Introduction: Information growth and recognition of its values is important in personal and professional life for everyone. Thus, it is important to learn special skills in information seeking process during formal education. This study aimed to examine Information behavior of users of public libraries ...
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Introduction: Information growth and recognition of its values is important in personal and professional life for everyone. Thus, it is important to learn special skills in information seeking process during formal education. This study aimed to examine Information behavior of users of public libraries on the World Wide Web.Method: The present research was conducted qualitatively, with a phenomenological approach, taking individuals as units of analysis. The research population was all users of public libraries in Saqez city. The sample size of this study was based on the saturation criterion of 25 people.Result: Analyzing the data revealed five main themes for users of public libraries in Saqez city experiences of the internet, each having some sub-themes.Conclusion: The results of this research can be of benefit to the individual, families and authorities. An important issue in this research is the need to educate users to understand the positive and negative aspects of the World Wide Web to make informed choices about resources and information. As well as the necessity of increasing the speed of the Internet and computer systems in public libraries and sending current awareness services, listing the contents of specialized journals and ... to the users' mail.
Ali Akbar Khasseh; laila zamani; Faramarz soheili
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Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the quality of services provided by mobile websites of Iranian academic libraries.Research method: This research uses a quantitative content analysis methodology. In this research, using a purposive sample, 20 top universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science ...
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Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the quality of services provided by mobile websites of Iranian academic libraries.Research method: This research uses a quantitative content analysis methodology. In this research, using a purposive sample, 20 top universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science Research and Technology (MSRT), and 20 top Islamic Azad Universities (IAU) listed in ISC have been chosen. Data gathering tool is a standard checklist by Torres-Pérez (2016) which evaluates the quality of services. Findings: The results indicated that the quality of services in mobile websites of MSRT is higher than average, and IAU’s are lower than average. In the ranking of service quality, Tehran University, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and University of Mazandaran acquired highest scores. Also, the results revealed that there is no correlation between rankings based on the quality of academic libraries' services and their university ranking in the ISC.Conclusion: Considering the wide range of users, it seems that paying attention to the quality of services in the design of the mobile website of academic libraries makes it easier for users to visit it, use more library services, and eventually increase the efficiency of library services.
somaieh rajabzadeh; mahmood ekrami; Faramarz soheili; Hamid ahmadi
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Background and Objectives: The researchers and their researches need to be evaluated to recognize each one's strengths and weaknesses. Then, it is possible to invest and make scientific policies on long term and short-term goals in this field. So far, several indices have been presented for evaluating ...
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Background and Objectives: The researchers and their researches need to be evaluated to recognize each one's strengths and weaknesses. Then, it is possible to invest and make scientific policies on long term and short-term goals in this field. So far, several indices have been presented for evaluating researchers, each of which merely emphasizes a particular aspect of evaluation, and each has its own deficiencies. Recently, a model has been proposed by Cuellar et al. (2016) titled "Scholarly capital model", which examines the various aspects of the scholarly activities of a researcher. They define the model of scholarly influence as "the ability of a researcher to include his thoughts in the works of other researchers" or "the extent to which a researcher influences his own research field". The purpose of this research was to evaluate the researches in the field of distance education indexed on the WOS database using the scholarly capital model.
Methodology: The present study is an applied study that has been conducted by social network analysis. The research population consists all the documents published in the field of distance education. The results of search strategy retrieved 31607 records. The co-authorship symmetric matrices was extracted. Subsequently, using the UCINET software, the centrality indices were calculated. After analyzing all the indices using Amos and Lisrel software, we examined and tested the research hypotheses and fitted the model.
Findings: The results indicate the direct and significant effect of the social influence on the ideational influence, and the hypothesis is confirmed according to the path coefficient of 0.95 and the t-statistic of 45.9 at the significance level of 0.05. In the research model, K2 has degrees of freedom (df) of 3.97, which is less than 5. Also, the root mean square error of the approximation is 0.032 and less than 0.08. Given that the incremental growth index, normed fit index, non-normed fit index and comparative fit index are higher than 0.90, then the model shows acceptable fit and is therefore confirmed. The results also show the direct and inevitable significant effect of the social influence on the venue influence, and the hypothesis is confirmed with a path coefficient of 0.70 and a T-value of 27.12 at the 0.05 level. In the research model, the K2 value has df of 92.4 and less than 5. Also, the root mean square error of the approximation was 0.016 and less than 0.08. Given that the incremental fitness index, normed fit index, non-normed fit index, and comparative fit index are all higher than 0.90, then the model is acceptable and validated. The results of the third hypothesis of the research and the structural relationships between the variables of the research model - using structural equation modeling - indicate the direct and inevitable significant effect of the venue influence on the ideational influence, with a path coefficient of 0.84 and a T-value of 5.93 at the 0.05 level (because (t) is outside the range of 1.96 to -1.96). In the research model, the K2 value is 0.063 and less than 5. Also, the root mean square error of the approximation is 0.033, which is less than 0.08. Given that the incremental growth index, normed fit index, non-normed fit index, and comparative fit index are more than 0.90, then the model shows an acceptable fit.
Discussion: The results of data analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between the variables of this research. This relationship can be due to the fact that researchers with stronger social interactions can contribute better than other researchers to the field and may increase the quality of the works. Also, they are in a better position in terms of co-authorship and its indices. Furthermore, social influence has a positive and significant effect on the ideational influence. The existence of such a relationship can be explained by the fact that researchers who have stronger social interactions can work better with other researchers and may consequently increase the quality of the works; hence, they are in a better position in terms of co-authorship and its indices. The results also show that there is a significant relationship between social influence and venue influence. In other words, higher researchers with higher social influences have better venue influences. The confirmation of the relationship between the social influence and the venue influence is also largely justifiable, since a significant portion of the validity of each journal comes from scholars who send their research papers to those journals, and if the quality of these studies is rich and appropriate, they absorb citations and thus increase the credibility of the journal
Saleh Rahimi; Faramarz soheili; Masomeh Rostaei
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between work-family conflict on one hand and job satisfaction and burnout among the public librarians in Ilam on the other. Methodology: The participants in this study included the entire staff of public libraries ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between work-family conflict on one hand and job satisfaction and burnout among the public librarians in Ilam on the other. Methodology: The participants in this study included the entire staff of public libraries in Ilam. Eighty-nine participants were selected thorough Cochran formula in a stratified random sampling method. To collect data, the NeteMeyer Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire (WFC), Maslach and Jackson Burnout Questionnaire, and Linz Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. For analyzing data correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression and independent T-test were used. Findings: The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between work-family conflict (work-family and family-work) on one hand and job satisfaction and burnout on the other. It was further revealed that there was no significant difference between work-family conflict (work-family and family-work) in two different groups of men and women. Discussion: The findings can be useful for providing a suitable situation in the workplace with the aim of improving work-family conflict, increasing job satisfaction, and reducing burnout among public librarians. Also, it can help both the librarians to be employed based on their talent and ability and the managers to provide facilities at the workplace so that the social image of librarians will be enhanced and their staffing status will be improved.
Zahra Abedi; Mohammad Tavakoli zadeh Ravari; Fatemeh Makizadeh; Faramarz Soheili
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Aim: The main aim of the current study was to commit a macro study on the growth of papers and authors in the technical and engineering journals in Iran.
Method: The study was a descriptive survey with a Scientometrics approach. The research population consisted of 9296 papers published in 332 Iranian ...
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Aim: The main aim of the current study was to commit a macro study on the growth of papers and authors in the technical and engineering journals in Iran.
Method: The study was a descriptive survey with a Scientometrics approach. The research population consisted of 9296 papers published in 332 Iranian technical and engineering journals during 2001 and 2010. The data were selected from ISC and Magiran databases out of their electronic archives by nose counting method.
Findings: Data collected showed that the growth of the both paper and author counts follow two positive exponential functions so that the number of papers published in each year is 1.183 times higher than those published in the earlier year. This growth rate is 1.191 for authors. It was also shown that there was a positive linear relationship between the number of authors and papers, while no significant relationship was seen between the growth of authors and the average number of co-authorship in the studied journals.
Conclusion: The exponential growths of the papers and the authors agree with the earlier studies like Price's one. The growth in the number of authors caused increase in the number of papers but failed to increase the number of authors per paper.
Faramarz Soheili; Ali Mansoori
Volume 6, Vol.6, No.13 , May 2014, , Pages 89-106
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Aims: This research aimed to examine the status of co-authorship social network centrality measures in 3 Iranian Chemistry journals indexed in Thomson Reuter’s database.
Method: Research population includes all Iranian researchers that had published at least one article in the three Iranian Chemistry ...
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Aims: This research aimed to examine the status of co-authorship social network centrality measures in 3 Iranian Chemistry journals indexed in Thomson Reuter’s database.
Method: Research population includes all Iranian researchers that had published at least one article in the three Iranian Chemistry journals.
Results: The results of the study showed that significant correlation existed between productivity and all centrality measures at p=0/001, except for closeness centrality. The study also revealed that about 32% of the Productivity variance was determined by Centrality measures.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that the Iranian Chemistry co-authorship social network is relatively dense in analogy with that of areas such as Management, Information Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
