Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohsen Niazi; Ali Farhadian; mohammad karkonan n; Mohammad Allaee Arani; Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Ali Abadi
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The main purpose of university libraries as service and non-profit organizations is to connect the university community with knowledge and information through the provision of efficient services. measuring the quality of services and the performance of libraries also has its own difficulties and inequalitie. ...
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The main purpose of university libraries as service and non-profit organizations is to connect the university community with knowledge and information through the provision of efficient services. measuring the quality of services and the performance of libraries also has its own difficulties and inequalitie. with the advent of technology-based electronic and digital services and the need to learn related skills, the quality of services and the performance of university libraries has changed. the aim is to identify the factors affecting the quality of services and performance of university libraries. Using the meta-syntesis method, 311 research indexed in internal scientific databases, were retrived and reviewed between 1384 and 1401, on the quality of services and performance of university libraries. After refining the retrived records, 59 works were selected. The result of applying the meta-syntesis is the extraction of five important and effective criteria on quality, finally to summarize and report in the form of tables and a systematic model.The results of this study consider the aspects of human resources, information resources and services, facilities, executive management and financial resources to be effective in improving the quality of services and the effectiveness of the performance of university libraries. Studies also show that little research has been done on the impact of components and managerial capabilities on the quality and effectiveness of performance, as well as the impact of financial resources and funding in improving the performance and success of academic libraries in achieving their goals and missions
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Hassan Azimi; shahnaz khademizadeh; Somayeh Avarand
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Research method: descriptive-applied and combined with quantitative and qualitative methods. ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Research method: descriptive-applied and combined with quantitative and qualitative methods. In the systematic review section, the theme analysis method was used to extract the technical and information criteria of the web environment, and in this regard, the basic, organizing and comprehensive themes were extracted. In a quantitative part, descriptive statistics tests (frequency and percentage) have been used to check the compliance of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz research information system with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Findings: results of the research in the field of compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University with technical criteria showed 46 basic themes and 7 organizing themes and in field of information criteria, a research system including 51 basic themes and 7 organizing themes. Also, according to the examination and compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University with technical standards in web environment, it has been determined that the contents in system are not properly organized and the support for different parts of system is not provided, and besides that, system guide in There are no different sections.Result: The research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is 47.05% compatible with the information criteria of the web environment and needs a serious revision in its technical and informational structure.
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Ebrahim Samie; Farnoosh Barati
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to study the effect of knowledge management on the performance of technology commercialization with mediating role of organizational innovation in Sepahan Battery Company.Methodology: The current research is a survey research in which a standard questionnaire ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to study the effect of knowledge management on the performance of technology commercialization with mediating role of organizational innovation in Sepahan Battery Company.Methodology: The current research is a survey research in which a standard questionnaire was used to collect data. The statistical population of this article is the employees of the commercialization unit of this Company with about 100 people. By distributing the questionnaire among 80 of them, 70 questionnaires were returned for statistical analysis. The questionnaire contains 32 questions as many as the explanatory indicators of the research structures. To check the validity (convergent and divergent validity), the structural equation technique, partial least square method, and three criteria of factor loading coefficients, Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability were used to check the reliability of the questionnaire.Findings: Examining the results of the research using the structural equation modeling technique using the partial least squares method showed that knowledge management has a significant effect on organizational innovation with a value of 0.508. Knowledge management has a significant effect on technology commercialization performance with a value of 0.345. The mediation of organizational innovation in the knowledge management relationship has a significant effect on technology commercialization performance with a value of 0.373.Conclusion: The survival and the creation of a sustainable competitive advantage for this company depends on the continuous improvement of organizational knowledge management, providing a platform for creating and applying organizational innovations, and as a result, improving the performance of technology commercialization.
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Reza Farhadpour; Mohsen sanghari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to study of the effect of user satisfaction on the relationship between perceived information quality and conative use of information system (Case study: National Iranian Drilling Company).Method: The research was applied in terms of type and analytical in terms of ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to study of the effect of user satisfaction on the relationship between perceived information quality and conative use of information system (Case study: National Iranian Drilling Company).Method: The research was applied in terms of type and analytical in terms of survey method. The statistical population included all organizational users of information systems in the National Iranian Drilling Company in the amount of 3700, of which 348 were randomly selected based on Cochran's formula. Data collection tools were questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was accepted by confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine its reliability, the value of which was estimated to be higher than 0.7 for the initial questionnaire (30 people). In this research, to analyze data from descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of software SPSS and AMOS were used.Results: Based on the results, users' perception of information quality has an effect of 0.87 on their satisfaction with the information system. Users' perception of information quality affects their innovative use of information system by 0.31. In addition, user satisfaction has a significant effect on the relationship between users' perception of information quality and their innovative use of the information system in the National Iranian Drilling Company (β = 0.283)Conclusion: According to the results, conative use as a consequence of users' perception of the results of interaction with the system is debatable.
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Reza Farhadpour; Mahsa Dobahrizadeh
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of the research is to study the effect of organizational dimensions including information culture, organizational ownership of information and job independence; Individual dimensions include the tendency to share information and comfort with the computer, and after information, ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of the research is to study the effect of organizational dimensions including information culture, organizational ownership of information and job independence; Individual dimensions include the tendency to share information and comfort with the computer, and after information, the characteristics of computer-based information on the use of the health information system of Amir al-Mominin Hospital of Ahvaz.Methodology: The research is applied in terms of purpose and analytical survey in terms of nature. The research population was 250 users of hospital information systems, of which 151 were selected randomly. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire based on previous research tools. The instrument's content validity approved. The confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha (α=0.85). Data were analyzed by SPSS and Amos software.Findings: The findings showed that information culture (β = 0.20 and t-value = 2.440), organizational ownership of information (β = 0.18 and t-value = 2.165), tendency to share information (β = 0.22 and t-value = 2.708), job independence (β = 0.17 and t-value = 2.119), comfort with computer (β = 0.24 and t-value = 2.929) and The characteristics of computer-based information (β = 0.17 and t-value = 2.055) have an effect on the use of the health information system of Amir al-Mominin Hospital of Ahvaz.Result: The result is that the use of hospital information systems is a complex multidimensional issue and various individual, cultural, organizational and technological characteristics have an effect on it.
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Maryam Karami; ٖGolnessa Galyani-Moghaddam; Farhad Hadinejad
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IntroductionThis study evaluates and ranks the scientific journals of psychology using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a linear programming-based technique for measuring the relative performance of organizational units where the presence of multiple inputs ...
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IntroductionThis study evaluates and ranks the scientific journals of psychology using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a linear programming-based technique for measuring the relative performance of organizational units where the presence of multiple inputs and outputs makes comparison difficult. DEA was originally developed to measure the efficiency of a Decision Making Units (DMU) as a whole unit, without considering its internal structure. In other words, the system is treated as a black box, within which inputs are supplied to produce outputs, with there generally being a positive correlation between the two.Traditional DEA models are only able to evaluate DMUs with deterministic inputs and outputs, while in real-world problems, data are usually uncertain. So far, various approaches have been introduced to overcome the uncertainty of data. In this paper, two robust DEA models are presented to evaluate the performance of systems with continuous uncertain data under constant return to scale (CRS) and variable return to scale (VRS) conditions. The main advantage of the proposed robust DEA models over the previous robust DEA models is that they are able to formulate uncertainty in both input and output data. Moreover, these models are also developed directly on basic traditional DEA models (not alternative models).Research Question(s)What is the status of effective indicators (citation and non-citation) in the ranking of valid scientific journals of psychology?What are the top scientific journals in different fields of psychology?What is the ranking status of psychology journals using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model?What is the ranking status of psychology scientific journals based on the Anderson-Peterson CRS and Anderson-Peterson VRS models?Literature ReviewDEA is used for ranking journals in different fields. A study by Rosenthal and Weiss (2017) ranks business journals, using data from the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® (JCR). They ranked 358 business journals from five different JCR categories according to such citation-based factors as the number of articles, the number of citations, impact factor, five-year impact factor, immediacy index, eigenfactor score, and article influence score. They compute the relative efficiencies of the journals and thereby create plausible journal rankings that largely, but not completely, corroborate three widely used business publication journal ranking lists. In addition, we show how the different characteristics of the JCR data impact the DEA ranking model. Finally, they identify journals that are not on the business publication lists but consistently perform very well relative to those benchmark journals, and should possibly be included in the business publication ranking lists. They also identify journals whose inclusion in widely used business publication rankings cannot be justified by their methodology.MethodologyIn this study of data envelopment analysis technique, Anderson-Peterson model, CRS and VRS output-oriented, 2018 JCR ratings scientific journals of psychology were evaluated and the top journals ranked. This study has a quantitative approach and is applied research. The research method is scientometrics and bibliometrics using Operational Research techniques. In order to evaluate and rank psychology scientific journals, seven citation indicators were extracted from the Analytics Clarivate database. These indicators are the total number of citations, journal impact factor, five-year impact factor, immediate index, citeable items, journal influence factor, and journal article influence factor.In this study, using data envelopment analysis technique, Anderson-Peterson model, CRS and VRS output-oriented, 2018 JCR ratings scientific journals of psychology were evaluated and the top journals ranked.ResultsFindings show that with the help of JCR indicators and using the Anderson-Peterson CRS and VRS model, more accurate rankings of journals can be achieved. The comparison of scientific journals is in the ranking of CRS and VRS models. The Journal of Psychological Science in the Public Interest tops in both models. The top 10 journals based on CRS respectively are: Psychological Science in the Public Interest, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Annual Review of Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Inquiry, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Social Issues and Policy Review, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.The top 10 journals based on VRS respectively are: Psychological Science in the Public Interest, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Annual Review of Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Psychological Science, Frontiers in Human Neurosciences.DiscussionHere goes the text for your discussion.ConclusionScientific journals of psychology were evaluated and ranked using the Anderson-Peterson CRS and VRS models. Also, the evaluation indicators of scientific journals in the Clarivate Analytics database were reviewed and the top three journals in 11 areas of psychology and the top 30 journals in this field were identified and introduced. The top 30 journals and their differences in CRS and VRS models were compared and analyzed. In the part of descriptive findings, the frequency of journals in different fields of psychology was found, including 10.25% of psychology journals in general, 10.91% of applied psychology journals, 1.86% of biological psychology journals, 17.17% scientific journals in the clinical psychology field, 10.11% scientific journals in advanced psychology field, 7.85% scientific journals in educational psychology field, 11.71% scientific journals in experimental psychology field, 1.73% scientific journals in mathematics psychology field, 18.28% are scientific journals in the field of interdisciplinary psychology, 1.73% are scientific journals in the field of psychoanalytic psychology, and 8.38% are scientific journals in the field of social psychology. Finally, considering the needs of the country's scientific community, conducting research with other research communities (different scientific fields and disciplines), conducting research and ranking journals with other indicators and normalized indicators are recommended.
