Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Islamic Azad University , science and research branch of tehran
2 National Research Institute For Science Policy
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 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.
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