The Relationship between Number of Keywords Used in Titles of Articles and Number of Citations to These Articles in Selected Journals Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Mohaghegh, Niloofar; Atlasi, Rasha; Alibeik, Mohammad Reza; Salehi, Masoud; Hojatizadeh, Yahya; Bagheri, Zeinab

doi:10.22055/slis.2019.23899.1408

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Librarianship and Medical Information, School of Health Management and Information Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

² Faculty Member, Department of Biostatistics , School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

³ community oriented nursing midwifery research center, shahrekord university of medical sciences, shahrekore, iran.

https://doi.org/10.22055/slis.2019.23899.1408

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed at investigating the relationship between number of citations and keywords used in title of articles, and was conducted in a cross-sectional design on eleven English-language journals published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Methodology: A total of 495 articles from these journals were searched in Google Scholar. The correlation between citations and keywords used in titles was found through Spearman correlation coefficient using SPSS.
Findings: Study results confirmed existence of a significant correlation between keywords used in titles of articles and the number of citations (P=0.009, r=0.117). There was also a significant correlation between the number of keywords specified to the article and the number of citations.
Conclusion: According to the results, providing titles with appropriate structure and with main keywords of articles by authors can be effective in easy selection and examination of subject association of articles by researchers, and in increasing citations of articles.

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Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science

The Relationship between Number of Keywords Used in Titles of Articles and Number of Citations to These Articles in Selected Journals Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 22
English Issue
March 2018
Pages 17-30

The Relationship between Number of Keywords Used in Titles of Articles and Number of Citations to These Articles in Selected Journals Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 22English IssueMarch 2018Pages 17-30

Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 22
English Issue
March 2018
Pages 17-30