Amir Ghasemian; Fereshte Nojavan; Amirreza Asnafi; fatemeh zohorifar
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Abstractaim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of research outputs of ten first level universities in Iran in the field of psychology during the years 2021-2010.Methodology: The method of this research was applied and was performed using scientometric and altmetric indices. The ...
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Abstractaim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of research outputs of ten first level universities in Iran in the field of psychology during the years 2021-2010.Methodology: The method of this research was applied and was performed using scientometric and altmetric indices. The research community of research outputs of ten first level universities in Iran in the field of psychology indexed in the Scopus database was selected. Data were extracted from Scival, Altmetric Explorer and Seoul databases. To analyze data from Microsoft Excel software (descriptive statistics) and SPSS. Version 22 (correlation test) was used.Results: The results showed that the University of Tehran had a better situation in terms of quantity and number of citations received, but Tarbiat Modares University had a better performance in terms of the quality of research outputs. Findings showed that research outputs with high international collaborations had favorable citations. Then, a statistically significant relationship was found between altmetric score and the number of citations received by Outputs in Scopus.Results: The results showed that research outputs in the field of psychology did not have a favorable presence on social media, so it is necessary to adopt a policy in universities that researchers with active presence and sharing their work on social media, more visibility and increase Cite your inputs to help.Keywords: First level universities in Iran, Psychology, Scientometric, Altmetric, Altmetric Explorer
Amir Ghasemian; Amirreza Asnafi; Mohammad Amin ErfanManesh
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1. IntroductionConsidering that the goal of social science research is to train and provide skilled and specialized human resources to carry out research, education, management and planning in various social and cultural fields, and also considering that the main emphasis of this field is the education ...
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1. IntroductionConsidering that the goal of social science research is to train and provide skilled and specialized human resources to carry out research, education, management and planning in various social and cultural fields, and also considering that the main emphasis of this field is the education and promotion of excavations. A field about the social issues of the country and the analysis and interpretation of their roots, contexts, causes and factors, description and analysis of their extent in the society and finally the analysis of the information obtained from these studies is to solve social issues, therefore providing considered solutions to deal with them. With these problems and social developments, it is necessary. Considering that one of the evaluation criteria of universities and countries is the quantity and quality of their research outputs in international reliable databases. The status of each country's indexed research outputs in international valid indexes indicates an important part of that country's scientific activities at the international level. Therefore, in order to analyze scientific activities, a clear picture of this situation has always been the focus of the country's research managers. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the quality of research outputs in Iranian universities, which are considered the most important scientific hub of the country. The results of this research can be used for planning at the level of administrations, various vice-chancellors and the entire universities under review, and by knowing the priorities, abilities and weaknesses, provide the necessary facilities to make scientific activities more targeted in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences in the universities under review. Therefore, this research studies and analyzes the research outputs of Iran's major universities using qualitative Scientometrics indicators in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences during the period of 2010-2020.Research QuestionWhat is the status of the research outputs of Iran's major universities in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences with a Scientometrics approach from the perspective of quantity and impact index based on Scopus database data during the years 2010 to 2020?2. Literature ReviewThe review of the literature indicates that the quality of research outputs in Iran's major universities has been less studied over a long period of time and using multiple Scientometrics indicators. In most of the previous studies, only the average index and the percentage of documents were cited and the H index was used to study the quality level of research outputs. Therefore, according to the investigations carried out in the dimension of scientology and the need to pay attention to the quality of research outputs in addition to their quantity, the present article studies and analyzes the research outputs of major universities in Iran in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences according to several indicators of effectiveness during the period of 2010-2020. In this way, it has helped to identify the scientific position of the universities in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences, as well as planning for its development at the national level, and to help strengthen and improve the country's scientific rank at the international level.3. MethodologyThe current research is of an applied type and has been carried out with a Scientometrics approach and with documentary and citation analysis methods. The community under review is all research outputs in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences, including "subject areas of psychology, economics (economics, econometrics and finance)", "management (business, management and accounting)", "social sciences", and "sciences", decision-making", according to the subject classification of the Scopus database, in the major universities of Iran in the years 2010 to 2020. The research implementation environment was Scopus and Scival databases. Research data was collected from March 20 to March 28, 2019 from Scopus and Scival. The method of data collection is to refer directly and get standard outputs from Scopus and Scival databases. The indicators used in this research are: citations, average citations per article, H index, weighted citation impact at the field level, percentage of highly cited articles, and percentage of articles published in top journals. Descriptive statistics (with Microsoft Excel software) were used to analyze the data.4. ResultsAccording to the results, the total number of research outputs in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences of Iran's major universities in the target period was 19,582 records. In all the studied universities, the subject area of social sciences had the most research outputs. In general, the research outputs of Iran's major universities in the subject areas of social and behavioral sciences have been on the rise in the given period of time. The reason for this can be the increase of students and researchers in postgraduate studies. In terms of the number of citations index, Shahid Beheshti, Isfahan, Ferdowsi, Tabriz, and Shiraz universities have the most citations in the subject area of "social sciences" and in the universities of Tehran, Allameh Tabataba’i, and Tarbiat Modares, the subject area of "business, management and accounting" has the most citations. In most of the cases mentioned in the universities and subject areas under investigation that received the most citations, in terms of the index of highly cited articles at the threshold of 10% and the index of articles published in top journals at the threshold of 25%, they also took the highest percentages. This issue indicates the high quality of research outputs with more citations, which these findings are consistent with the vital and high research (2016) for this reason that the more the citations of the articles, the higher the quality. In terms of highly cited articles at the threshold of 10%, in the universities of Tehran, Tarbiat Modares, Isfahan, Ferdowsi, Tabriz, and Shiraz, the subject area of "Economics, Econometrics and Finance", and in Shahid Beheshti and Allameh Tabataba’i universities, the subject area of "Trade" "Management and accounting" got the highest percentages.5. DiscussionIn terms of the index of articles published in top journals at the threshold of 25%, in Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Tarbiat Modares, Ferdowsi, Tabriz universities, in the subject area of "Business, Management and Accounting", in Allameh Tabataba’i University, in the subject area of "Psychology", in universities Isfahan and Shiraz have the highest percentages in the subject area of "Social Sciences". In this regard, it has been mentioned in most of the cases that they have obtained a high percentage in terms of the index of highly cited articles at the threshold of 10% and the index of articles published in the top journals at the threshold of 25%. This issue shows the high quality of research outputs in the mentioned subject areas, which with the research of Irfan Manesh and Hosseini (2016), in terms of the impact of general impact indicators (H index, weighted citation impact index at the field level, citations) on the increase of articles published in Top journals and highly cited articles match. Since some of the indicators examined in this research, such as citations and the number of highly cited articles, are included in some ranking systems, such as the rankings of Leiden University, Saimgo University, and Shanghai University, increasing the mentioned indicators as much as possible is effective in improving the position of universities in these ranking systems.6. ConclusionIn general, it is very important for universities to emphasize the quality of research outputs in addition to the quantity of these outputs. Attention to the quality of research outputs with the researches of Ebrahimi and Hayati (2007), Yaminifirouz et al. (2015) and Erfanmanesh and Hosseini (2018). Considering the number of received citations of the published research outputs of Iran's major universities in the review of their performance, as well as considering the special research credit and score for the authors of highly cited articles in various subject areas can be a suitable solution in this field. Also, emphasizing the quality along with the quantity of research outputs in universities and research centers should be given special attention.AcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to Shahid Beheshti University Research Vice-Chancellor for their support in the implementation of this research.
Amirreza Asnafi; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; Faezeh Ahmadipour
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Access to the required information in all available scientific disciplines is one of the most important factors in the survival of that field. In the architecture field, the type of information format differs from other disciplines. The purpose of this study was to identify the behavior of images in ...
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Access to the required information in all available scientific disciplines is one of the most important factors in the survival of that field. In the architecture field, the type of information format differs from other disciplines. The purpose of this study was to identify the behavior of images in the architecture of Shahid Beheshti University. The present study is an applied target and uses a descriptive survey method. The statistical population of the study consists of two groups of students and professors in the architecture major of Shahid Beheshti University. To determine the sample size, the Cochran formula was used and the sample size in this formula was 296 people. The results showed that the architects mainly used images for identifying creative ideas and taking advantage of the details of architectural structures. The type of image content they used was mostly photos, maps, and charts, which could be found in engines and image databases by limiting the size of the image and following related links as long as the image was taken. One of the major obstacles in finding images for architects was the lack of familiarity with the way they were searched. Creativity, proximity to the subject, credibility, and quality of the images were the criteria for selecting content. Considering the library's share in retrieving research-based images, it is suggested that library and library librarians conduct awareness-raising activities at the university's research groups such as brochures, conferences, library visits, and workshops.
Amirreza Asnafi; Maryam Pakdaman Naeini; Samaneh Borji
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In present paper social media archiving software were studied. In this study, data gathering was done through documentary study and analytical survey. To evaluate whether or not each software capability was used, the CIR method, the exploratory factor load, and the confirmatory factor load ...
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In present paper social media archiving software were studied. In this study, data gathering was done through documentary study and analytical survey. To evaluate whether or not each software capability was used, the CIR method, the exploratory factor load, and the confirmatory factor load were used; the acceptance of each capability was assessed by a median (mid-range criterion 3). Then, each item was ranked based on the mean of the Friedman test. In the second stage, the CIR of each capability, and in the last stage, the confirmatory factor and the exploratory factor load. Research questions were analyzed using one-sample t-test. Advanced archive search capabilities, "archive categorization (easy browsing)" and "visual reporting" are the most important software requirements for experts. T Advanced archive search, archive categorization (easy browsing), and visual reporting capabilities are the most important software requirements for experts. The ability to "obtain credit certificates from public and private institutions" is of the least importance to experts. Criteria "Automatically delete archives at specified time", "Reset deleted records", "Open archive for public access", "Obtain credentials from public and private entities", "Automatically delete archives at defined time", "Get Version" Complete After Payments "and" Demo Version "can be removed from software capabilities. However, when looking at current data mining software from social networks, some of these capabilities are of great importance. Experts" local storage capability" was added to the final checklist.
Amir Reza Asnafi; Shima Moradi; Sahar Razavi
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Internet of things describes a situation in which a large number of devices (objects) are connected to each other via the Internet by sensors. Considering the role of libraries in collecting, processing and disseminating information, they should be able to play the role such as other organizations.The ...
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Internet of things describes a situation in which a large number of devices (objects) are connected to each other via the Internet by sensors. Considering the role of libraries in collecting, processing and disseminating information, they should be able to play the role such as other organizations.The purpose of this study was to checki the attitudes of librarians in the central library of the top universities about the Internet of things and present its application pattern in the academic library.This study applied a survey-descriptive method. The statistical population of this research is the knowledge and information science specialists working in the central libraries of the first level universities in Iran, which consisted of 298 people. The statistical population of the study was gathered through a simple random sampling. The sample size is 168 by the Cochran formula, but slightly more than 180 questionnaires were distributed. Among all the distributed questionnaires, 113 questionnaires were collected.The resultsof this study show that the Internet of things technology was used in many library processes and in the activities of public services, technical services, and library services. The responses received from librarians as well as other studies have shown that although the use of Internet of things technology will impose costs on the libraries, due to the high value of this technology as well as the speed and ease with which the library's executive and managerial activities it will arise, using this technology in the library will be desirable. Finally, the results of the study present the design and the pattern of usage of the Internet of things in the academic library.
Amirreza Asnafi; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; Mohtarameh Daneshmand
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The purpose of study was to identify the role of teachers in improving the reading of primary school students in Mazandaran province. Data gathering to identify the influential components of student book-keeping using and documentary study, the method used in this research is a survey. A researcher-made ...
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The purpose of study was to identify the role of teachers in improving the reading of primary school students in Mazandaran province. Data gathering to identify the influential components of student book-keeping using and documentary study, the method used in this research is a survey. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The statistical method used in this research is a single-sample t-test. The sample size was 374.the teachers in the elementary school of Mazandaran province, five main indicators (narrative and poetry, introductory sessions and review of the book, group reading, book fair and film show and animation) in improving book reading Students have a lot of influence. The teachers of the elementary school of Mazandaran province include "class storytelling", "introducing and criticizing the book in the classroom", "story writing and student participation in the exhibition," "freeing students to select the source for research and workgroups," " Using movies and animations "to improve student reading. The results showed that the use of two storytelling and poetry indices and a video and animation show for improving the reading of primary school students in Mazandaran province had a significant effect on three groups: reading group, book fair and conducting criticism sessions. The review of the book did not have much effect. it is recommended for primary school teachers to use these indicators in school and classroom environments.