محمد توکلی زاده راوری،
علی منصوری،
فاطمه مکی زاده و
زیبا طوسی پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)(1)pp. 75-91
هدف اصلی پژوهش حاضر مطالعه مدل اپیدمی اصطلاح RFID در رده‌های موضوعی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع است. این پژوهش از لحاظ نوع توصیفی و از لحاظ روش مبتنی بر مطالعه مدلهای ریاضی شیوع بیماری است. جامعه پژوهش شامل 35627 پروانه ثبت اختراعی بود که از پایگاه پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع آمریکا استخراج شد؛ که در عنوان یا چکیده آن اصطلاح Radio Frequency Identification و RFID وجود دارد. تجزیه و تحلیل دادهها با استفاده از نرمافزارهای اکسل، اس.پی.اس، سی شارپ و راورماتریس صورت گرفته است. یافتههای پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که رشد تجمعی زیرردههایی که در طول زمان درگیر موضوع RFID شدهاند،یک حالت Sمانند لجستیکی دارد.این نشانگر رشد طبیعی میزان درگیر شدن زیرردهها با موضوع RFID در طول زمان است. از دیگر یافتههای پژوهش این است که روند ورود و خروج اصطلاح RFID از زیر رده های موضوعی پروانه های ثبت اختراع در طول زمان، با مدل شیوع SIS در بیماریهای واگیردار مطابقت میکند.نتایج پژوهش نشان داد RFID با مدل اپیدمی مطابقت دارد. اکثر حوزه های فنی که این فناوری امکان حضور در آن را داشته، درگیر این فناوری شده اند و با توجه به مدل SIS، اپیدمی فناوری RFID به حوزه های دیگر فناوری به حد تعادل در آمده است. همچنین نتایج نشان داد که تعداده رده‌های مربوط به حوزه مورد بررسی به مدت 15 سال روند رشد داشته است و بعد از سال 2007 روند نزولی ثبت اختراعات را به خود اختصاص داده است، که یکی از دلایل آن به احتمال جایگزینی فناوریهای مرتبط جدید است. به طور کلی نتایج نشان دهنده آن است که فناوریهای جدیدی در حال جایگزینی فناوری RFID است.
پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)32(3)pp. 605-630
پژوهش حاضر به بررسی زمینه ظهور اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات، معرفی، چگونگی گسترش چارچوبهای آن، و کاربست سنجههای این حوزه در حیطه سلامت عمومی میپردازد. اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات توسط آیزنباخ بهعنوان علم توزیع عوامل تعیینکننده اطلاعات در یک محیط الکترونیکی، بهویژه در اینترنت و در یک جمعیت مشخص، با هدف نهایی آگاهسازی افراد از سلامت عمومی و سیاستهای مربوط به آن تعریف شده است. در این مطالعه مروری، بهمنظور تبیین و بررسی مفهوم اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات و وجوه گوناگون آن از روش کتابخانهای و بررسی متون استفاده شده است. در مطالعه حاضر پس از مقدمه، زمینه ظهور، تعریف اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات، چارچوبهای این علم و سنجههای آن مورد بررسی قرار گرفته و در آخر، رابطه چارچوبهای اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات با سلامت عمومی بیان میشود. با توجه به نتایج بهدستآمده از مطالب مقاله حاضر، میتوان چنین ادعا کرد که فناوریهای نوظهور دیجیتال باعث تغییر پارادایم در انتخاب مسیرهایی میشود که به یافتن اطلاعات سلامت معتبر توسط افراد جامعه یاری میرساند. پژوهشهای انجامشده در زمینه اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات باعث میشود که متخصصان حوزه طراحی پایگاههای اطلاعات سلامت بر اساس شاخصهای تعیینشده در این زمینه نسبت به توسعه و کاربردپذیری این پایگاهها اقدام نمایند. همچنین، نتایج چنین پژوهشهایی حاکی از آن است که امکان کاربرد برخی سنجههای اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات بهعنوان نظامهایی هشداردهنده در مورد شیوع انواع بیماریهای نوظهور وجود دارد. از این سنجهها تحت عنوان «سنجههای اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات» یاد شده که بازتاب اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات مبتنی بر عرضه (بررسی آنچه که در سایتها، وبسایتها، وبلاگها و غیره بهمنظور نظارت موضوعی محتوای آنها بر مبنای تغییرات در طول زمان منتشر شده است) و اپیدمیولوی اطلاعات مبتنی بر تقاضا (تحلیل پرسوجوهای موتور جستوجو بهمنظور بررسی رفتار اطلاعیابی افراد در اینترنت) هستند. همچنین، طبق نتایج بهدستآمده، گردآوری اطلاعات مرتبط با اپیدمیولوژی اطلاعات و استفاده از سنجههای آن میتواند در تحقق اهداف سیاستگذاری این حیطه مفید واقع شود.
علی منصوری،
علی منصوری،
محمد توکلی زاده راوری،
Ravari M.T.،
فاطمه مکی زاده،
Makizadeh F.،
زیبا طوسی و
Tusi Z. پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)(1)pp. 295-310
رده‌های موضوعی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع، انعکاسدهنده محتوا و حوزه موضوعی درون آن پروانهها هستند. بر این اساس، هدف پژوهش حاضر، تحلیل رده‌های موضوعی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع برای شناسایی حوزههای موضوعی فناوری RFID است. این پژوهش، از لحاظ نوع، کاربردی و از نظر روش تحلیل دادهها مبتنی بر تحلیل شبکههای اجتماعی و خوشهبندی است.
جامعه پژوهش را 35627 پروانه ثبت اختراعی تشکیل می‌دهد که در عنوان یا چکیده آنها اصطلاح RFID و Radio Frequency Identification وجود دارد و در پایگاه پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع «مؤسسه ثبت اختراع و علائم تجاری ایالات متحده آمریکا»(USPTO) به ثبت رسیدهاند. تجزیه و تحلیل دادهها با استفاده از نرمافزارهای اکسل، اسپیاس، نتدراو و راورماتریس انجام گرفت. یافتههای پژوهش نشان دادند که رشد پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع در دوره مورد بررسی از یک روند رشد نمایی برخوردار است. از طریق فاکتورهای فراوانی و عمر استفاده رده‌های موضوعی، 803 رده پُراهمیت تشخیص داده شد. نتایج خوشهبندی رده‌های اصلی نیز نشان داد که فناوری RFID با 36 حوزه موضوعی مرتبط است و محور اساسی این حوزهها «ارتباطات راه دور» و «ارتباطات الکتریکی» است.
تحلیل شبکههای اجتماعی نیز نشان داد که رده «ارتباطات الکتریکی» بیشترین نقش واسطهای در انتقال RFID به رده‌های دیگر را داشته است؛ ضمن اینکه با بسیاری از حوزههای مرتبط پزشکی و فنی نیز ارتباط نزدیک دارد.
پژوهش نامه علم سنجی (24235563)((شماره 2، پاییز وزمستان))pp. 17-32
هدف: مطالعه و تغییر و تحول علوم پزشکی از منظرگاه تولید علم و آسیبشناسی رشتههای مختلف آن و سرانه علم تولیدشده، اهمیت زیادی برای ترسیم مسیر آینده حرکت خواهد داشت و بهطور خاص یافتههای پژوهش حاضر منجر به روشنکردن جایگاه و موقعیت کشور در تولید علم در علوم پزشکی و مقایسه آن با کشورهای اسلامی خواهد شد. در همین راستا، هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی خط فقر علمی کشورهای جهان اسلام در حوزه علوم پزشکی است.
روششناسی: پژوهش حاضـر از نظر هدف کـاربردی بـوده و بـا اسـتفاده از شاخصهای علم‌سنجی انجـام شده است. دادههای این پژوهش از وبگاه علوم استخراج شده است. جامعه این پژوهش، تمامی مدارک نمایهشدۀ حوزه علوم پزشکی مربوط به کشورهای اسلامی در وبگاه علوم در بازه زمانی 1978 تا 2014 است.
یافتهها: نتایج این پژوهش نشان می‌دهد رتبه کشورهای اسلامی در تولیدات علوم پزشکی بر اساس تعداد مدارک نمایهشده در وبگاه علوم، ترکیه با انتشار 172072 مدرک و توان علمی 62.41 اول، کشور مصر با انتشار 30208 توان علمی 31.7، در رتبه دوم قرار دارد. رتبه سوم نیز متعلق به کشور عربستان سعودی است که با 29117 مدرک توان علمی 04.7 و کشور ایران نیز با 27799 مدرک و توان علمی 72.6، رتبه چهارم در بین کشورهای اسلامی را به خود اختصاص داده است.
نتیجهگیری: نتایج نشاندهنده آن است که سهم کشورهای اسلامی، در زمینه تولیدات علوم پزشکی بهعنوان گروهی از کشورهای در حال رشد، از کل تولیدات علمی جهان بسیار اندک بوده و به نظر نمایانگر جایگاه تاریخی و موقعیت فعلی بعضی از کشورهای اسلامی صاحب نام در حوزه پزشکی نبوده و توجه و تلاش بیشتر پژوهشگران این کشورها را در این حوزه میطلبد تا با تکیه به نتایج حاصل از پژوهشها مدیران و سیاستگذاران حوزههای پزشکی در منطقه بتوانند برنامههای عملیاتی موفقتری را به اجرا درآورند.
علی منصوری،
مرجان فروزنده شهرکی و
محمد امین عرفان‌منش مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت (17357853)(3)pp. 126-131
مقدمه: یکی از شاخصهای تعیین کیفیت بروندادهای پژوهشی دانشگاهها، قابلیت استفاده از آنها در فرایند تبدیل علم به فنآوری از طریق مطالعه میزان استنادشدگی از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع میباشد. در همین راستا، پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی میزان استنادشدگی بروندادهای پژوهشی هشت دانشگاه تیپ یک علوم پزشکی کشور از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع در پایگاه Scopus طی بازه زمانی سالهای 2000 تا 2015 انجام شد.روش بررسی: جامعه این مطالعه شامل تمامی بروندادهای علمی دانشگاه‌های علوم پزشکی تیپ یک کشور نمایه شده در پایگاه استنادی Scopus از سال 2000 تا 2015 بود. دادههای پژوهش با استفاده از پایگاه SciVal جمعآوری گردید و در نهایت، به روش توصیفی- همبستگی مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفت.یافتهها: از مجموع 76111 برونداد علمی دانشگاهای مورد بررسی، در مجموع 998 برونداد پژوهشی 3145 بار از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع مورد استناد قرار گرفته بود. میزان استنادشدگی بروندادهای پژوهشی هشت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تیپ یک کشور از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع در مقایسه با میانگین ایران (39/0 درصد) در سطح بالاتر و در مقایسه با میانگین جهانی (1/1 درصد) در سطح پایینتری قرار داشت. همچنین، شاخصهای SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) و SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) تعداد نویسندگان مقالهها و تعداد سازمانهای مشارکتکننده در مقاله تأثیر معنیداری بر احتمال استنادشدگی بروندادهای پژوهشی دانشگاه‌های مذکور از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع داشت.نتیجهگیری: نتایج به دست آمده از پژوهش، ضمن تعیین وضعیت فعلی دانشگاهها در میزان استناد شدگی تولیدات علمی از سوی پروانه‌های ثبت اختراع، این امکان را نیز برای دانشگاهها ایجاد نمود که بتوانند برنامهریزی مناسبی برای هدایت تولیدات علمی جهت انتشار در مجلات مناسب داشته باشند و پژوهشگران را در جهت بهبود این وضعیت هدایت نمایند.
Information Sciences and Technology (17355206)22(3)pp. 33-54
The growing number of specialized, scientific journals has made fast, batch identification and retrieval of articles a daunting task for the researchers. Furthermore, the rising cost of journal subscriptions, has deprived many researchers and even small libraries of individual subscriptions. The present research was conducted to assess the importance of establishing a full text database of Persian articles at the library of the faculty of law and political sciences in Shiraz University from the standpoint of the graduate and undergraduate students. Findings demonstrated that the average usefulness of the full-text article databases in students' view, was rated "high", given their experience with databases. About 61% of the respondents stated their "high" and "very high" approval for article digitization. Given the advantages offered by full-text article databases, the approval rating of the respondents have been "high.
Information Sciences and Technology (17355206)24(1)
Information Sciences and Technology (17355206)25(1)
Information Sciences and Technology (17355206)25(4)pp. 573-595
The present study determines the co-authorship factor in the Iranian scientific output between 2000 and 2006 as reflected in the science, social science art and humanities citation indexes made available through the Web of Science database. Webometric indicators were used. The data were extracted in plain text from WOS, analyzed using HistCite software and counted in MS Office Excel program. Of the Total of 25320 documents indexed, 24480 documents were in Science Citation Index, 783 in Social Citation Index and 57 in Art and Humanities index. The findings indicated that co-authorship factor in the period studied had been on the rise. The highest participation rate belonged to the documents with two or three authors. General coauthorship factor was 0.59. The year 2006 had the highest coauthorship factor (0.62) while the year 2000 had the least (0.55). Bradford and Lotka laws were applied to the data sets. The Lotka's Law only held true for the science citation index. The Bradford's Law, however, held true for all indexes. In all citation indexes, the United States with 1865 documents (7.38) had the highest degree of coauthorship in Iranian scientific output.
Communications in Computer and Information Science (18650937)96pp. 200-210
To visualize the structure of Iranian scientific output in Science Citation Index (SCI), accessible via Web of Science (WOS), during 2000-2006, we used scientometric techniques and HistCite software. The number of Iranian documents indexed in SCI during the study period was 24480. Generally HistCite analyzes citation data on two different levels: based on citations in WOS (Global Citation Scale), and citations in collection of retrieved documents (Local Citation Scale). The results of this study showed that, in the study period a total of 8 clusters have been formed on the two levels (GCS and LCS): Clusters 1 and 2 (with 3 sub-clusters) in GCS and clusters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in LCS. The subject area of whole clusters was chemistry, but different areas of this discipline. The prominent subject area in our study was organic chemistry. The most effective document in this study was an article by Zolfigol with 123 global citations and 71 local citations. The subject category of cluster 1 was analytical chemistry and membrane electrodes. Cluster 2 consists of 3 sub-clusters (sub-cluster 1 hydrocarbons, sub-cluster 2 in the field of oxidation and nitrogen, and sub-cluster 3 catalysts). Cluster 4 was crystal structure, cluster 5 electrochemical analysis, cluster 6 macro cycles, cluster 7 aliphatic and aromatic complexes and the 8th cluster was polymers. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)27(4)pp. 961-984
The present study investigated the analysis of search engines and meta search engines adoption process by University of Isfahan users during 2009-2010 based on the Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory. The main aim of the research was to study the rate of adoption and recognizing the potentials and effective tools in search engines and meta search engines adoption among University of Isfahan users. The research method was descriptive survey study. The cases of the study were all of the post graduate students of the University of Isfahan. 351 students were selected as the sample and categorized by a stratified random sampling method. Questionnaire was used for collecting data. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 16 in both descriptive and analytic statistic. For descriptive statistic frequency, percentage and mean were used, while for analytic statistic t-test and Kruskal-Wallis non parametric test (H-test) were used. The finding of t-test and Kruscal-Wallis indicated that the mean of search engines and meta search engines adoption did not show statistical differences gender, level of education and the faculty. Special search engines adoption process was different in terms of gender but not in terms of the level of education and the faculty. Other results of the research indicated that among general search engines, Google had the most adoption rate. In addition, among the special search engines, Google Scholar and among the meta search engines Mamma had the most adopting rate. Findings also showed that friends played an important role on how students adopted general search engines while professors had important role on how students adopted special search engines and meta search engines. Moreover, results showed that the place where students got the most acquaintance with search engines and meta search engines was in the university. The finding showed that the curve of adoption rate was not normal and it was not also in S-shape. Morover, among simple and advanced pages of Google, a specific bias toward simple search pages could be seen in users. This part of the study confirmed Rogers' theory. Other results of the study indicated that renouncement of innovation was not only in decision phase. This part of the investigation was in conflict with Rogers' theory.
Asemi, A.,
Akbari, A.,
Kheradmandnia, M.,
Farazi, A. Electronic Library (02640473)30(6)pp. 833-843
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to investigate the pros and cons of Iranian library management software, focusing on the usage of open source technology. It seeks to analyse the viewpoints of librarians in the University of Isfahan as a sample to extend the findings to the Iranian Library management software community. Design/methodology/approach - In order to get the opinions of librarians, the descriptive method is used. The required data are collected by literature review, questionnaire and open interview from university top managers, software technical staff, libraries managers, librarians, end users, and companies providing similar products. However, because of time limitations, the authors could only gather data by researcher-made checklist of the librarians (informants) who directly have worked with University of Isfahan in the libraries. Findings - The main problem of many library management software platforms in Iran is that the focus of development is mainly on technical issues rather than management, operational, and end-user concerns. This is highlighted when open source software is used because it is common for an off-the-shelf product to be used with less consideration of the nontechnical issues. This is the reason that Iranian libraries are moving to replace their software with commercial versions. Research limitations/implications - There was insufficient cooperation of some librarians in identifying capabilities and deficiencies of UILMS and limited cooperation of some technical experts in reviewing the software. Originality/value - Considering the lack of standard checklists, this paper presents a relatively complete checklist to evaluate the library software. © Copyright - 2012 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
Fadaei, G.,
Fahimnia, F.,
Hosseini, S.M.,
Akbari, A. Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)27(1)pp. 109-126
The project aim was to establish an SDI (Selected Dissemination of Information) service for the faculty members at University of Tehran, faculty of psychology and education. The project was carried out during the 2006-2007 period. First, a three stage survey was conducted to identify the information needs which were then served using a current awareness service over the period. Findings confirmed that the SDI project significantly impacted on the faculty information seeking behavior. Furthermore, there had been evidence supporting the fact that it has also influenced the quality of instruction by facilitating the overall efficacy of information sources collected. It was the intent of researchers to expand this project at later stages to include all humanities faculties in the university and if possible at a national level.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)30(1)pp. 269
Because UNIMARC is the basis for Iran MARC format, in this paper all 17 problems identified by Kokabi in 1994 about adoption of UNIMARC in Iran, were compared with Iran MARC Manual to find the suggested solutions for them. Because of the international role of MARC 21 and UNIMARC, these 17 problems were checked out to reveal if these problems are solved in the last update of UNIMARC and if there is any solution for them in MARC 21. Eventually with these findings, researchers determined that MARC 21 has more adaption with special features of Persian cataloging and bibliographic features.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)29(3)pp. 593
There are different theories on information as Shannon's Information or Communication Theory, Semantic Theory of Information, Cybernetics Theory, Quantum Theory of Information and Quantum Information Theory, each one viewing information from a different point. In this paper researchers used the foundamental concepts of quantum physics such as Wave/Particle duality, Complementarity, Uncertainty principle, Schrödinger's cat &so on to explain the nature of information and its role in information environments & flows. These concepts were introduced sequentially and Quantum Theory of Information was interpreted eventually.
Electronic Library (02640473)33(4)pp. 810-823
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to present a model for influential factors on customer loyalty in public libraries and its evaluation in public libraries of western Iran. Design/methodology/approach - This research is a correlation study and uses a questionnaire as a data gathering tool. The statistical population consists of all members of public libraries in western Iran. The final data analysis was carried out using 467 completed questionnaires and data were analysed using SPSS19 and AMOS19 software. Findings - The findings of this study showed that perceived value has the largest influence on customer loyalty with a factor of 0.451. The second most influential factor is customer satisfaction with a factor of 0.214. Three predictor variables are the effect of the services, controlling the provided information and library as a location, which had the highest influence on perceived value of libraries' customers. The findings also showed that perceived value with meaningfulness level of p < 0.001 and a value of 0.316 has the most influence on libraries' customer satisfaction. Originality/value - Identifying and improving the influential factors on customer loyalty in public libraries can increase the customer return rate of these libraries. Public library managers of Iran, especially in western Iran, can use the findings of this study to improve the influential factors on customer loyalty in libraries under their care. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Sepahvand, R.,
Bahmani, M.,
Ahmadi-roozbahani, H.,
Hatamikia, M.,
Tavasoli, M.,
Rajabi, T.,
Bahari, K.,
Fatehi, R.,
Kashori, M. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (discontinued) (09742115)9(1)pp. 6-10
Objective: Bacterial contamination and food poisoning is one of contemporary issues in the early years which many governments like Iran allocate some million dollars a year to medical and social treatment to prevent the implications. Methods: This paper aims to determine the bacterial load in pasteurized milk, produced for Loerstan province market in 2014. During the course of the year, 118 samples were collected and sent to the official laboratory. Results: According to the Iran standard testing protocols, 11% of samples exceeded acceptable range. Conclusions: The diversity of reports is because of different range of personal hygiene, delivery system quality, maintaining equipment and regards for milking. Beside these factors, season of sampling may affect the subject.
Sepahvand, R.,
Bahmani, M.,
Ahmadi-roozbahani, H.,
Rajabi, T.,
Tavasoli, M.,
Kashori, M.,
Mohareri, A.,
Moridi, S. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (discontinued) (09742115)9(1)pp. 1-5
Objective: Food and nutrition services are one of the major sources of chemical and biological contamination. It has been anticipated that more than 70% of infectious diseases establish after consuming contaminated foods. Sanitary quality control seems more imperative considering that the confections cover a large proportion of food products in Iran. The purpose of this study is determination of microbial community and presence of Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterobacteriacea, mold and yeast in confections supplied to Lorestan province. Methods: This research offers a descriptive and analytical perspective on sanitary status of confectionary products during March to April of 2014. Samples included 350 of different types of cake, biscuit, wafer, eclair and cookie which were transported to central food laboratory. Results: According to the tests results 4.28% of eclair samples were contaminated with Enterobacteriaceae out of acceptable range and other samples conform to the prescribed hygiene standards. Totally 0.85% of 350 collected samples were out of standard range. The difference between our result and other researches is related to diversity of sampling time, weather temperature, microbial culture conformity and manufacturing process. Conclusions: The low rate of contamination might appreciate regard for sanitary condition by labors.
Taherikalani, M.,
Sepahvand, R.,
Ahmadi, H.,
Hatami-kia, M.,
Moridi, S.,
Bahari, K.,
Kashori, M.,
Fatehi, R.,
Bahmani, M. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (discontinued) (09742115)9(1)pp. 11-15
Objective: Wheat is a strategic food crop in Iran. General consumption of wheat enhances the public health risk of probable contamination in the wheat products. Wheat is also exposed to different types of the microbial, fungal and chemical agents which could spoil it. This investigation intends to examine products of the flour milling factories for microbial contaminations. Methods: Since March to April 2014, 78 samples of flour produced in the factories of Dorood, Borujerd, Khorramabad, Aligoodarz, Koohdasht, Alashtar, Noor Abad, and Pol-e-Dokhtar were provided and submitted to the laboratory of food and drug administration. The total microbial load and mold population were counted by tests conformed to Iran national standard No. 2393. Results: The obtained results implied the all samples followed microbiological criteria for total microbial load and mold counting. Conclusions: All samples were acceptable and consumable so wheat milling process in the factories of Lorestan province carried out under sanitary condition.
Webology (discontinued) (1735188X)14(1)pp. 21-31
Based on Eysenbach's view, infodemiology can be defined as the science of distribution and determinants of information in an electronic medium, specifically the Internet, or in a population, with the ultimate aim to inform public health and public policy. The current study aimed to investigate the state of health information supply and demand on stomach cancer among Iranian medical researchers and Iranian web users during 2011 to 2015. A mixed method research was conducted in this study. In qualitative part, a focus group interview was applied to the users to identify their selected keywords searched for stomach cancer on Google. The collected data were analyzed using Open Code software. In quantitative part, data were synthesized using R software in two parts. First, users' Internet information seeking behavior (ISB) was analyzed using Google Trends outputs during 2011 to 2015. Second, the scientific publication behavior (SPB) of Iranian stomach cancer specialists was surveyed using PubMed during the period of the study. Eight keywords extracted by focus group interview were entered in the "Google Trends" main page. The results showed that the search volume index of preferred keywords on stomach cancer have increased from 475 in 2011 to 879 in 2015. Also, the findings revealed that Iranian scholars had 194 scientific papers on stomach cancer in PubMed during 2011 to 2015. There was a significant and positive relationship between Iranian ISB in the Google Trends and SPB of Iranian scholars on stomach cancer in PubMed. From infodemiological viewpoint, it has been elucidated that the alignment of ISB and SPB in medical studies can illustrate the purposefulness of these investigations. © 2017, Shohreh SeyyedHosseini, Asefeh Asemi, Ahmad Shabani and Mozafar CheshmehSohrabi.
Library Philosophy and Practice (discontinued) (15220222)2017
The purpose of this study was to identify the most important historical works written in the field of commercialization of knowledge using Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy (RPYS). Initial data were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) database to investigate the historical roots of published works in the field of commercialization of knowledge. Then, the main roots of this filed, the amount of received citations, and influential works were identified using RPYS software. Next, with the help of the yearcr software, the extent of the effects of the works outside of the range of peaks were also introduced. The period under investigation is the publication in the years 1900-2015. by searching published works in the time period of 1900-2015, 1550 records related to commercialization of knowledge were retrieved. To exactly investigate the effects of this field, the timeframe was divided into five periods (four 25-year periods and one 15-year period) to allow peaks with a small number of citations in the early years. The total number of citations up to the time of the present research was 39817, which resulted in the emergence of five peaks in the years 1934, 1962, 1973, 1998, and 2003.
Journal of Library Metadata (19375034)17(2)pp. 91-110
The purpose of this research is to determine the appropriate MARC format for Farsi printed books and digital resources considering the present situation of MARC and information organization in Iran. For this purpose, a descriptive research methodology was applied and a researcher-made questionnaire survey instrument was designed to investigate the viewpoints of Iranian MARC experts concerning MARC use in Iran. A 5-point Likert-type scale checklist was for collecting the experts' perceptions about the importance of each MARC criterion. Iranian MARC experts were asked to express their viewpoints. The respondents were identified using the “snowball” sampling method. Findings revealed that by making some modifications to UNIMARC, we could meet the cataloguing requirements of the most widely used information resource in Iran, the printed book; however, due to the rapid growth of digital resources, the tendency to use them in Iran, and the limited capabilities of UNIMARC (i.e., having no link to digital resources and having no metadata schemes such as MARCXML, MODS, METS, and MADS), UNIMARC does not seem to guarantee a better future for development of library systems compared with MARC21. © 2017, Published with license by Taylor & Francis © 2017, © Mitra Pashootanizadeh and Mortaza Kokabi.
Electronic Library (02640473)36(2)pp. 258-269
Purpose: According to the studies conducted in Iran, the breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer among women. This study aimed to explore the state of health information supply and demand on breast cancer among Iranian medical researchers and Iranian Web users from 2011 to 2015. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed method research is conducted in this study. In qualitative part, a focus group interview is applied to the users to identify their selected keywords searched for breast cancer in Google. The collected data are analyzed using Open Code software. In quantitative part, data are synthesized using the R software in two parts. First, users’ internet information-seeking behavior (ISB) is analyzed using the Google Trends outputs from 2011 to 2015. Second, the scientific publication behavior of Iranian breast cancer specialists are surveyed using PubMed during the period of the study. Findings: The results show that the search volume index of preferred keywords on breast cancer has increased from 4,119 in 2011 to 4,772 in 2015. Also, the findings reveal that Iranian scholars had 873 scientific papers on breast cancer in PubMed from 2011 to 2015. There was a significant and positive relationship between Iranian ISB in the Google Trends and SPB of Iranian scholars on breast cancer in PubMed. Research limitations/implications: This study investigates only the state of health information supply and demand in PubMed and Google Trends and not additional databases often used for medical studies and treatment. Originality/value: This study provides a road map for health policymakers in Iran to direct the breast cancer studies. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Public Library Quarterly (01616846)37(4)pp. 441-460
Objective: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of marketing intelligence and risk-taking of the librarians of kids/teens libraries on competitive advantage in user loyalty, in view of the parents. Methodology: This research is a descriptive research and was performed using surveys and correlation analysis. The data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population consisted of parents whose children have used the library services of kids/teens libraries in the Isfahan City. Sample members were chosen by random sampling. SPSS23 and AMOS23 software were used for data analysis. Findings: The findings indicated that the two variables of marketing intelligence and risk-taking ability of the librarians have no direct, significant influence on user loyalty, while competitive advantage directly affects it. However, marketing intelligence and risk-taking ability can influence user loyalty if mediated through competitive advantage. Results: If the librarians of kids/teens libraries can use their marketing intelligence to take reasonable risks, they can create a competitive advantage in service provision. The users will hence realize this advantage, thus turning into loyal users. ©, Published with license by Taylor & Francis. © Elham Kiani, Mitra Pashootanizadeh and Azarnoush Ansari. ©, © Elham Kiani, Mitra Pashootanizadeh and Azarnoush Ansari.
Information and Learning Science (23985356)119(11)pp. 635-651
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to measure how effective television programs are in persuading teenagers to use public libraries. Design/methodology/approach: This study is a descriptive survey. The statistical population includes all members of public libraries in the City of Isfahan aged between 12 and 16 years (N = 920). Using Cochran’s formula, the sample size was determined to be 270 individuals. The data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire survey instrument whose validity was confirmed by Library and Information Science experts. Furthermore, the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed via “Cronbach’s alpha” in the pilot test with 0.73. Having a return rate of 85.93 per cent, the authors were able to analyze 232 sets of responses. Findings: Based on the authors’ findings, television programs are only able to satisfy the first stage of the model (i.e. Attention). So, its role in encouraging teenagers to use public libraries is not significant. Among the items of the model, “Desirability and interest in the program” and “Persuading teenagers to use public libraries” were found to be the most and least effective items, respectively, with average responses of 8.42 and 5.13. Moreover, television shows categorized as kids/teenagers were most likely to attract the target audience to libraries. Originality/value: There is no any similar study in this scope, especially in the Middle East, where watching the television remains a mainstream activity for teenagers. It is for the first time that AIDA model is used for measuring the effectiveness of television programs in persuading teenagers to use public libraries in Iran. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Salarvand, S.,
Bagheri, Z.,
Kashori, M.,
Dalvand, P.,
Gheshlagh, R.G.,
Keshvari, M. Acta Medica Iranica (00446025)56(8)pp. 556-556
The following declarations should have been made upon publication of this paper. The Authors apologies for this error. Affiliations The corresponding authors’ affiliation were published as: Corresponding Author: M. Keshvari Department of Nursing, Shahid Rahimi Hospital, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Tel: +98 3137927512, Fax: +98 3137927500, E-mail address: keshvari@med.mui.ac.ir However, for the purposes of this publication the correct affiliation is as follows: Corresponding Author: M. Keshvari Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Tel: +98 3137927512, Fax: +98 3137927500, E-mail address: keshvari@med.mui.ac.ir. © 2018 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)33(4)pp. 1793-1822
Ontology is a useful tool for organizing resources and on the other hand is a useful tool for the knowledge representation. With the development of semantic web technologies, building and creating ontologies to expedite the process is necessary. The aim of the study is to explain the situation of methodologies, designing scientometrics conceptual model, and steps of ontology construction as ScientometricsOnt. The method of the study is applied research. The research population of the study is book, article, glossary, thesaurus, dissertation, and research projects of the field of scientometrics in Persian language. To collect terms internal databases are used and related resources are searched. For creating scientometrics conceptual model and explaining relationships and individuals domain analysis approach is used. The reliability and validity of scientometrics conceptual model have been approved by experts in the field of scientometrics. The tool for building ontology is Protégé 5 software. The used methodology was OAsys method Bermejo (2007) with some changes. The results revealed that Ontology of scientometrics was formed in eleven major class which has 20 relationships and 100 individuals. This ontology can be a very useful tool for better knowledge representation in this field. Also, Scientometrics ontology can be a basis for extending and developing terms and future concepts in the field. © 2018 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
