Scientometrics
Firoozeh Dokhani; Shima Moradi
Abstract
Background and Objectives: this survey was conducted to study the altmetrics status of journals in three countries of Iran, Turkey, and occupied Palestinian in two science citations and social science citation indexes. Moreover, the identification of those policy documents derived from these outputs ...
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Background and Objectives: this survey was conducted to study the altmetrics status of journals in three countries of Iran, Turkey, and occupied Palestinian in two science citations and social science citation indexes. Moreover, the identification of those policy documents derived from these outputs was the other objective of the current study.Methodology: This was applied research conducted with a descriptive method utilizing scientometrics and altmetrics indicators. journals indexed in the Science and Social Sciences Citation Indexes of the Web of Science was extracted using the citation reports for all three mentioned countries separately on 2018.Findings: The results showed that Iran had the highest number of articles indexed in the science and social sciences indexes, as well as the highest indexed journals. Furthermore, in all countries, the indexed journals in Science have received the most attention in social media. Less than half of the Iranian publications, Turkey and occupied Palestine in both indexes have been referred to in policy documents, while Turkish got more mentions. The medical and environmental related subjects were at the main concentration of the most policy documents in the mentioned countries. Discussion: Given the importance of referring to scientific publication/outputs in policy, documents are really important to express the impact of research, designing and taking action which leads to the higher quality and wider coverage of policy documents by altmetrics providers.
Scientometrics
Firoozeh Dokhani; Amir reza Asnafi; nadjla hariri; fatemeh nooshnfard
Abstract
Background and Objectives: This study has aimed to investigate the level of familiarity of librarians and users of the Central Library of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran with Web 2.0 services, especially mobile instant messaging applications. Another goal of this study ...
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Background and Objectives: This study has aimed to investigate the level of familiarity of librarians and users of the Central Library of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran with Web 2.0 services, especially mobile instant messaging applications. Another goal of this study was to provide practical solutions for using applications in order to provide library services. Methodology: This study was an applied research and was conducted with a survey-based approach. The population consisted of librarians and users of the Central Library of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch in Tehran. A digital questionnaire was prepared for data collection, and data analysis was performed using SPSS software. Findings: The findings indicated that librarians and library users were more familiar with Web 2.0 applications than with Librarian 2.0 and Library 2.0. The frequency of librarians’ and users' responsiveness to the use of mobile instant applications was quite high, 0.35 and 0 .40, respectively. In both groups, the use of mobile messaging applications was moderate. Library users also agreed on providing a variety of virtual social media services in the library. Discussion: The analyses of this study on services offered by libraries using mobile instant messaging applications would make libraries adopt new technologies and move towards changes in the new era.
