Movahedian G.،
احمد شعبانی،
Cheshmesohrabi M. و
Asemi A. پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)37(3)pp. 781-806
پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)35(3)pp. 817-846
پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)32(3)pp. 605-630
پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)31(4)pp. 873-889
پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات (22518223)28(3)pp. 701-716
Amoozadeh, M.,
Zarepour, A.,
Khosravi, A.,
Iravani, S.,
Zarrabi, A.,
Ardestani, M.,
Asashiba, H.,
Lanki, M.,
Khorsandi, Z.,
Hafezi r., R.,
Asemi, A.,
Nourmohammadi abadchi, A.,
Keshavarzipour, F.,
Vahed R.,
Shabani, A.,
Feiz, S.M.H.,
Nezarat, A.,
Adarmanabadi, E.R.,
Sadeghi-aliabadi, H.,
Varma, R.S. FlatChem (24522627)pp. 320-361
Two-dimensional MXenes and their derivatives have attracted significant attention in recent years for their potential applications in combination therapies, specifically in chemo-photothermal, chemodynamic, and photothermal/photodynamic treatments. MXenes offer distinct advantages in combination therapies due to their exceptional electrical conductivity, hydrophilicity, large surface area, tunable surface chemistry, and ability to enhance drug delivery and therapeutic efficacy through multifunctional applications. By incorporating MXenes into combination therapies, researchers have demonstrated enhanced therapeutic efficacy through synergistic mechanisms that improve drug delivery, increase localized heating, and amplify the generation of reactive oxygen species, thereby effectively targeting and eliminating cancer cells or contaminations. However, stability in biological environments remains a primary concern, as degradation can compromise their therapeutic effectiveness and safety. Ensuring biocompatibility is crucial, since the introduction of MXenes and their composites may trigger immune responses or cytotoxicity. Moreover, optimizing the synthesis of high-quality MXenes with uniform properties remains a logistical challenge, affecting reproducibility and scalability for clinical applications. By consolidating existing knowledge and identifying future directions, this review aims to advance MXene-based combination chemo-photothermal, chemodynamic, and photothermal/photodynamic therapies for cancer treatment and antibacterial applications, ultimately paving the way for innovative strategies in biomedicine and personalized medicine. © 2025 Elsevier B.V.
International Journal of Information Management Data Insights (26670968)4(2)
The exponential growth of digital information has led to the pervasive problem of information overload, affecting decision-making, productivity, and well-being. This article reviews the existing literature on the various effects of information overload, its underlying causes, and strategies for managing it. A scoping review of English literature up until January 2023 was conducted using Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Emerald. The findings reveal that information overload is caused by personal factors, information characteristics, task parameters, organizational parameters, and information technology parameters. The effects include poor decision-making, decreased productivity, and cognitive pressures. Strategies for managing information overload include learning multiple skills and using filtering, prioritizing, and technology tools. This article provides a foundation for future research and interventions in this area. © 2024 The Author(s)
Journal of Scientometric Research (23200057)13(1)pp. 148-160
With regard to the specific nature and variety of the humanities fields and disciplines and the need to evaluate the humanities research outputs according to their nature and intrinsic characteristics, two questions has been posed and answered in this study as follows: “What are the criteria and indicators for evaluating the research outputs of humanities?” and “What is the prioritizing of the evaluation criteria according to the research approaches and goals in humanities?” Considering the differences in the fields of humanities, a case study of language and literature was conducted. This research was done with a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative stages). The first stage was carried out using a library research method to extract the criteria and indicators for the evaluation of the research outputs in the fields of language and literature. In the second stage, in order to finalize and prioritize the criteria, a questionnaire was designed and distributed among a number of experts in the fields of language and literature in two rounds of fuzzy Delphi. In the first stage, 42 indicators were identified and divided into 8 categories of criteria: 1) platform for creation, presentation and publication, 2) writing structure, 3) content, 4) impact in online environment, 5) scientific impact, 6) social impact, 7) economic impact, and 8) cultural impact. The prioritizing of the criteria was also based on their average obtained in the second round of fuzzy Delphi, which shows the impact of research approaches and goals on the priority of using the criteria. © 2024 Phcog.Net. All rights reserved.
Saadat, R.,
Shabani, A.,
Asemi, A.,
Sohrabi, M.C.,
Ravari, M.T. Knowledge Organization (9437444)51(1)pp. 26-37
This research aims to identify some patterns of author (as user) generated tags to the papers of library and information science field in Academia.edu. The research method is typically based on text analysis and word frequency distribution. The population contains over 6000 papers tagged in Academia.edu, and their abstracts were extracted from 159 English journals of the library and information science (LIS) field in the Scopus database. The growth of different types of tags in terms of the number of their words (one-word, two-word, three-word, and four-word and more), as well as the total number of tags over time, appeared as a logistic curve. It was also found that two-word tags had the most matching (54.92%) and four-word tags or more the least matching (1.76%) with different sections of papers (title, abstract, and authors’ keywords). The total tags matched 7.5% with the title, 76.61% with the abstract, and 15.89% with the authors’ keywords. Regarding the reuse of tags, it was revealed that on the one hand, 38.8% of the tags had been reused; on the other hand, 16% of the tags were reused in the first year, and more than 50% of the tags were reused in the first three years. Finally, it can be said that the users’ consensus on specif ic terms can identify the new patterns of users’ tagging at least partially compatible with professional indexing concepts, and by focusing on the most widely used tags and their sustainable distribution, the weighting of indexing terms and even classification schemes may be achieved. © 2024, International Society for Knowledge Organization. All rights reserved.
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (09610006)55(1)pp. 177-190
Many organizations and businesses are using futurology to keep pace with the ever-increasing changes in the world, as the businesses and organizations need to be updated to achieve organizational and business growth and development. A review of the previous studies has shown that no systematic research has been already conducted on the future of information retrieval systems and the role of library and information science experts in the future of such systems. Therefore, a qualitative study was conducted by reviewing resources, consulting experts, doing interaction analysis, and writing scenarios. The results demonstrated 13 key factors affecting the future of information retrieval systems in the form of two driving forces of social determinism and technological determinism, and four scenarios of Canopus star, Ursa major, Ursa minor, and single star. The results also showed the dominance of technology and social demand and its very important role in the future of information retrieval systems. © The Author(s) 2022.
Scientometrics Research Journal (24235563)9(2)pp. 75-96
Purpose: In addition to the distinction between the field of humanities and other sciences in terms of their nature and research goals, different disciplines within the humanities also possess distinct characteristics. This study aims to identify the disadvantages of evaluating humanities research outputs, with a specific focus on the fields of language and literature. It also aims to provide solutions to improve the evaluation of researchers in these areas. Methodology: The present study is an applied type research with a qualitative content analysis method. The study's statistical population included faculty members from language and literature fields with various Persian and non-Persian orientations (English, Arabic, French, German, and Chinese) in Iran. The research sample consisted of 24 individuals, including 19 men and 5 women who were at least Assistant professors from 8 universities: Isfahan, Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Al-Zahra, Shahid Chamran Ahvaz, Shiraz, Allameh Tabatabaei, and Ferdowsi of Mashhad. The participants were selected using targeted sampling and the snowball method. The semi-structured interview was used as a research tool, and MAXQDA 2020 qualitative data analysis software was utilized for coding. Theoretical coding involves three stages: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. To ensure credibility, the opinions of two coders were sought. Also, the results of the coding were sent to three interviewees who played a significant role in expressing injuries and proposing solutions. They were asked to comment on the compatibility of the extracted codes with their own experiences. The terms and details of the work are explained in detail within the plan for the transferability criterion. In order to measure dependability, all the stages and processes of the research were recorded and reported accurately from the beginning to the end, mentioning the details of the data analysis, and excerpts from the text of the interviews were presented. For confirmability, the findings were provided to 5 interviewees and peers to express their opinions about the results. Findings: Evaluation harms were identified through 62 codes. The concept of science production and the promotion of knowledge foundations were investigated in two general areas (humanities) and a specific area (language and literature) with different components. The general area includes the establishment of policies for evaluating research output, the inclusion of research output ratings in promotion regulations, and considerations of research ethics. The specific area includes the evaluation of research outputs in the promotion regulations, publications, international article publications, theoretical contributions, research style of faculty members, and literary and creative works. The concept of practicality and addressing societal issues also encompasses two aspects: disconnecting the relationship between language and literature fields and society, and teaching language and literature fields. The solutions were presented in the form of 34 codes. The concept of science production and the promotion of knowledge foundations were investigated in two general areas (humanities) and a specific area (language and literature) with different components. The general area includes the development of policies for evaluating research output, the inclusion of research output ratings in promotion regulations, and the improvement of research facilities and resources. The specific area includes the evaluation of research outputs in the promotion regulations, the research approach of faculty members, and research facilities. The concept of practicality and addressing societal issues also encompasses two aspects of applied research: the connection between the disciplines of language and literature and society. Conclusion: If the evaluation is conducted accurately and comprehensively, and it clearly indicates the gap between the current situation and the desired outcome, it will minimize trial and error in this field and reduce costs associated with ineffective and unnecessary tasks. It accelerates the steps towards success and progress. The essence of evaluation is optimizing performance. The competition to obtain the best scientific position among researchers, educational groups, and research institutes has gained great importance and momentum. The health of such a competition and its correct orientation will be possible through planning for accurate evaluation, and a review of the evaluation policy of academic faculty members of universities and higher education is one of the fundamental needs in this direction. The results of the present study can be utilized as an effective measure to enhance the current situation. © 2023, Shahed University. All rights reserved.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)37(2)pp. 587-616
The purpose of this research is to develop and evaluate a scientific information exchange model at digital library on Internet of things. In order to attain the objective, the model's components are extracted first. This study is a developmental study using mixed method consisting of documentary, focus group, data modeling, and quantitative evaluation methods. The study population in the documentary section includes the study of information resources retrieved in related subjects. The study population in the focus group section consists of 9 experts in “Internet of things” and “digital library”. Data gathering procedure was done by applying a checklist, and Edraw Max, Protégé, evaluation tab of Protégé software is applied for the analysis. Based on the findings of the documentary method (examining 10 core models and ontologies in the field of Internet of Things, physical and virtual objects), 44 key concepts, 108 sub-concepts, and 62 attributes constitute the primary core elements of scientific information exchange model at digital library in the context of internet of things. The findings showed that the 9 main classes, namely “end-user”, “librarian”, “microcomputer”, “digital library server”, “automated information services”, “physical resources”, “virtual resources”, “information resources on the digital library server”, and “security” in general model of scientific information exchange are very contributive. In general, 27 sub-classes and 38 attributes are identified for the main classes for this purpose. In this model, the way the classes communicate and interact with one another is illustrated to justify this theme. The evaluation of the model showed that the hierarchical structure of the concepts is not dense and some types of property and property restriction have not been considered. To make use of Internet of Things in libraries, the modeling of all the essential elements and properties of the internet of things in libraries must be incorporated into a model that constitutes the logical structure of the digital library scientific information exchange database system. This model can serve as a database map for database professionals and designers. © 2021 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
International Journal Of Information Science And Management (20088310)19(2)pp. 1-18
Nowadays, scientific collaboration has dramatically increased due to web-based technologies, advanced communication systems, and information and scientific databases. The present study aims to provide a predictive model for author collaborations in bioinformatics research output using graph mining techniques and big data applications. The study is applied-developmental research adopting a mixed-method approach, i.e., a mix of quantitative and qualitative measures. The research population consisted of all bioinformatics research documents indexed in PubMed (n=699160). The correlations of bioinformatics articles were examined in terms of weight and strength based on article sections including title, abstract, keywords, journal title, and author affiliation using graph mining techniques and big data applications. Eventually, the prediction model of author collaboration in bioinformatics research was developed using the abovementioned tools and expert-assigned weights. The calculations and data analysis were carried out using Expert Choice, Excel, Spark, and Scala, and Python programming languages in a big data server. Accordingly, the research was conducted in three phases: 1) identifying and weighting the factors contributing to authors' similarity measurement; 2) implementing co-authorship prediction model; and 3) integrating the first and second phases (i.e., integrating the weights obtained in the previous phases). The results showed that journal title, citation, article title, author affiliation, keywords, and abstract scored 0.374, 0.374, 0.091, 0.075, 0.055, and 0.031. Moreover, the journal title achieved the highest score in the model for the co-author recommender system. As the data in bibliometric information networks is static, it was proved remarkably effective to use content-based features for similarity measures. So that the recommender system can offer the most suitable collaboration suggestions. It is expected that the model works efficiently in other databases and provides suitable recommendations for author collaborations in other subject areas. By integrating expert opinion and systemic weights, the model can help alleviate the current information overload and facilitate collaborator lookup by authors. © 2021, International Journal of Information Science and Management, All Rights Reserved.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)36(3)pp. 861-892
In contemporary world where information is all about human beings, what matters most is the accurate retrieval of information. Information retrieval has always been a human concern, which is why it is constantly undergoing many changes. One of the issues that information retrieval experts have always been thinking about is designing an efficient information retrieval system. Therefore, by identifying the key factors affecting the future of information retrieval, we can be more successful in designing such a system and have a greater share in the future of information retrieval. In the present study resource review and cross-impact analysis methods, and MicMac software was used to analyze interactions and identify key factors. The results of the present study lead to the identification of 13 key factors: 1. conversion of traditional libraries to digital, 2. development and upgrading of search engines, 3. new content formats, 4. intelligence of data collection methods, 5. convergence media, 6. increasing content production, 7. new generation of the Web, 8. automating information retrieval processes, 9. emergence of hybrid resources, 10. big data, 11. cloud processing, 12. increasing Internet resources, and 13. use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing in effective information retrieval on the future of information retrieval. Therefore, in the era of the fifth industrial revolution, it is necessary for information science specialists to be equipped with technological tool more than before. © 2021 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
Knowledge Organization (09437444)48(5)pp. 345-356
This study aims to assess the localization of Schema.org for manuscript description in the Iranian-Islamic information context using documentary and qualitative content analysis. The schema.org introduces schemas for different Web content objects so as to generate structured data. Given that the structure of Schema.org is ontological, the inheritance of the manuscript types from the properties of their parent types, as well as the localization and description of the specific properties of the manuscripts in the Iranian-Islamic information context were investigated in order to improve their indexability and semantic visibility in the Web search engines. The proposed properties specific to the manuscript type and the six proposed properties to be added to the “CreativeWork” type are found to be consistent with other schema prop-erties. In turn, these properties lead to the localization of the existing schema for the manuscript type compatibility with the Iranian-Islamic information context. This schema is also applicable to centers with published records on the Web, and if markup with these properties, their indexability and semantic visibility in Web search engines increases accordingly. The generation of structured data in the Web environment through this schema is deemed to promote the concept of the Semantic Web, and make data and knowledge retrieval easier. © 2021, International Society for Knowledge Organization. All rights reserved.
International Journal Of Information Science And Management (20088310)18(2)pp. 229-243
In this paper, the opinions of bioinformatics experts were sought to examine the knowledge semantic maps. The research question was whether the mapping of bioinformatics field articles could contribute to the reflection of knowledge map in this field; can knowledge within articles be demonstrated through a knowledge map? The research type was applied and analytical. Data collection was performed in two ways. First, the data were collected from scientific databases by using semantic search software and drawing knowledge maps by the software. Second, Delphi technique was used in two stages in order to obtain the opinion of experts regarding these knowledge semantic maps and co-concepts in bioinformatics field. In this method, first, the co-concepts map of the articles exported by Yewno and the knowledge semantics map were presented to the experts to get their viewpoints. By implementing the Delphi approach, the opinions of experts in examining the application of knowledge semantic maps resulted in the phonological analysis of articles in this field. The analysis results demonstrated that the knowledge map of bioinformatics studies dynamically developed over time. The continuous conduction flow of scientific studies in this field brought continuous changes to the knowledge of this field. © 2020. All Rights Reserved.
Webology (discontinued) (1735188X)17(1)pp. 171-190
The present study aims to represent the infoecology of bioinformatics, with an emphasis on the topic of relationships between studies in order to provide a scientific framework for infoecological investigations in this field. It was conducted using the co-occurrence analysis of the topic keywords of studies available on the Web of Science (WoS) Database from Clarivate Analytics and using the social network analysis. The infoecology of the studies' topic relationships indicated that the topics of the studies were inter-related as information elements, also known as infocenoses, in the form of seven basic clusters in the infotope of the WoS. According to the centrality indexes, topics such as proteomics, microarray, MicroRNA, genomics, gene expression, computational biology, database, and data mining had the largest topic relationships. Moreover, as emerging information elements, LNCRNA, big data, differentially expressed genes, Osteosarcoma, next-generation sequencing, protein-RNA-SEQ, protein interaction network, high-throughput sequencing metagenomics, and ITRAQ were found to create new topic relationships. © 2020, Masoome Kiani, Asefeh Asemi, Mozafar CheshmehSohrabi and Ahmad Shabani.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)35(2)pp. 553-574
With the proliferation of the Internet and the rapid growth of electronic articles, text classification has become one of the key and important tools for data organization and management. In text classification a set of basic knowledge is provided to the system by learning. Then, new input documents enter to one of the subject groups. In health literature due to wide variety of topics, preparing such a set of early education is a very time consuming and costly task. The purpose of this article is to present a hybrid model of learning (supervised and unsupervised) for the subject classification of health scientific products that performs the classification operation without the need for an initial labeled set. To extract the thematic model of health science texts from 2009 to 2019 at PubMed database, data mining and text mining were performed using machine learning. Based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation model, the data were analyzed and then the Support Vector Machine was used to classify the texts. In the findings of this study, the model was introduced in three main steps. In data preprocessing, the unnecessary words were eliminated from the data set and the accuracy of the proposed model increased. In the second step, the themes in the texts were extracted using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation method, and as a basic training set in step 3, the data were backed up by the Support Vector Machine algorithm and the classifier learning was performed with the help of these topics. Finally, with the help of the classification, the subject of each document was identified. The results showed that the proposed model can build a better classification by combining unsupervised clustering properties and prior knowledge of the samples. Clustering on labeled samples with a specific similarity criterion merges related texts with prior knowledge, and the learning algorithm teaches classification by supervisory method. Combining classification and clustering can increase the accuracy of classification of health texts. © 2020 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)35(1)pp. 141-172
The purpose of this study is identifying the influential factors in creating query suggestions. The query suggestion has become one of the most fundamental features of web search engines that help user formulate the query and meet the information needs by providing possible keywords. In this research, in order to identify the effective factors in creating the query suggestions a systematic review has been used. For this purpose, keywords of English and Persian language related to query suggestions have been searched in foreign scientific databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Scopus, Online Willy, IEEE and internal databases of Magiran, Scientific Information Database of Jihad, and Cilivica to find articles related with the effective contextual factors in creating query suggestions. In order to systematic review, the method of Wright et al. was used that include seven steps: determination of research question, determination of protocol, literature search, data extraction, quality appraisal, data analysis and result. After searching for Persian and English keywords and matching them with entry and exit criteria, 36 articles were selected to extract effective factors. The findings of the systematic review in the field of the query suggestion show that five factors of location, time, user search sessions (including the user’s current search session and user search history), hybrid factors, and other contexts were effective in creating query suggestions. Identification of the influential factors in creating query suggestions helps researchers and those who are interested in this domain to use appropriate contexts in accordance with the characteristics and conditions of the search tools and help the user to retrieve more relevant information. © 2019 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
Library Philosophy and Practice (discontinued) (15220222)2019
Purpose: Query suggestions are contributive in formulating queries and improving search results on the Web. This tool is used in most search and retrieval systems like the search engines, databases, personal search tools and so on. The factors affecting the use of query suggestions by the users from the perspective of experts are identified. Methodology: First, a number of factors are identified through the documentary methodology, and next the significance of each factor is determined through the fuzzy Delphi method here Findings: A total of 48 factor is extracted from the available literature view and is classified into 13 categories of demographic characteristics, search experience, domain knowledge and expertise, linguistic features, user's query, creativity creation, psychological and cognitional, source of creation of query suggestions, contextual factors, semantic features of query suggestions, structural characteristics of query suggestions, increasing the user's performance and ease of use. To assess the importance of these factors eight factors are eliminated and 40 factors are identified as the final factors affecting the use of query suggestions through Fuzzy Delphi method. Research limitations/implications:The results of this research can be used to present a structuralinterpretation model in which the most important factor is identified through the view of the experts. Originality/Value: The results obtained in this study will assist researchers and designers of search tools to apply the knowledge gained from effective factors in providing algorithms for query suggestions in their search tools. The factors extracted in this study are fundamental and basic which researchers can use when examining the performance and status of the query suggestion of each search tool. © 2019 Library Philosophy and Practice.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)34(4)pp. 1755-1786
The purpose of this conceptual research was to explain the capabilities, semantic platform and view point of Schema.org to processing and organization of web content objects (data entities) by analytical approach. To collect data documentary analysis was used. The research community included texts and researches related to the field of "structured data" and "Schema.org". A total of 43 sources, as well as the official website of the "Schema.org" were selected using a purposive sampling method for analysis. The results of the survey showed that Schema.org is a common vocabulary that is used to describe and markup web content objects and create structured data for better processing and organization. It has a certain structure and semantic platform. Its structure is like an ontology for naming the types and properties of content objects, the relationships between types and properties, and the capabilities of describing these properties and relationships. Its semantic platform is adapted by semantic markups such as microformat, microdata, RDFa 1.1, and JSON-LD. The results of the research showed that there are three major approaches to the processing and organizing of content objects in the Schema.org: The ontological, context-oriented, and nesting approaches. Overall research results showed existence of different approaches to Schema. org represents a comprehensive view of the Web content objects while paying attention to improving interoperability with search engines. Also, the production of structured data with such schemata is an important contribution to the realization of semantic web or web of data. © 2019 Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation. All rights reserved.
Library Philosophy and Practice (discontinued) (15220222)2019
Introduction: This paper aims to develop a Scientific Information Exchange General Model at Digital Library in Context of Internet of things, which would enable automated and efficient library services. To accomplish its objective, the main classes (Concepts), sub-classes, attributes are identified in order to introduce an appropriate model. Methodology: The approach of this study is basic, exploratory, and developmental and is run through a mixed method consisting of documentary, Delphi, and data modeling methods. The study population in the documentary section includes the study of information resources retrieved in related subjects. The study population in the Delphi section is consist of 15 experts in "Internet of Things" and "digital library" domains. The Data gathering procedure is by applying a semi-structured interview. Appropriate software is applied for the analysis. Results: The findings showed that the 9 main classes of "End user", "librarian", "Microcomputer", "Digital library server", "Automated information services", "Physical resources", "Virtual resources", "Information resources on the digital library server (virtual object)", and "Security" in general model of scientific information exchange are very contributive. In general, 27 sub-classes and 38 attributes are identified for the main classes for this purpose. In this model, how the classes communicate and interact with one another is illustrated to justify this theme. Conclusion: Here it is deduced that focusing on data protection at two levels of user and server in the main class of security is very important. Focusing on information resources metadata in the entity class, and device to device communication in this model is of essence as well. This proposed model is contributive in information networking in Internet of things-based library systems in providing better services to users. Research value: This model has potential in offering a basic proposal as a startup for automated library services. © 2019 Library Philosophy and Practice.
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.
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.
Naji-esfahani, H.,
Shabani, A.,
Asemi, A.,
Kharaji, F.N. 2025 29th International Computer Conference, Computer Society of Iran, CSICC 2025
In the current study, we have addressed the feasibility of RFID in ALI, Iran on the basis of criteria associated with providing the loan desk services automatically, establishment of automatic security control for the members, inventory control and shelf reading, and applying the required regulations for automatic library management according to the viewpoints of the managers and librarians of ALI, Iran. The descriptive survey method is used in this study. The study population included all the librarians in UI, Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) (168 people). The data was gathered using a researcher's made questionnaire and the samples size was determined to be 135 people according to randomized stratified sampling method. It is found that, the highest mean scores were related to 'improvement of loan desk services', 'effectiveness in cataloguing and identification of extra materials', 'saving the time consumed by the users', 'helpful in shelf reading', and 'helpful in inventory control.' It is concluded that the feasibility score of establishment of RFID system in providing the loan desk services, security system, facilitation of shelf reading, and applying management measures is above the medium level. © 2015 IEEE.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)28(2)pp. 497-521
This research aimed at investigating the application of strategic management components in libraries of Isfahan University, Isfahan University of Technology, and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and the research method was descriptive survey study. The population consisted of managers and librarians of academic libraries in Isfahan city(134 persons).To gather the data, a researcher-made questionnaire with 40 questions was used and for the content validity, the face validity and construct validity, the factor analysis of questionnaire using KMO and Bartlett test were estimated 0/89. Using Cronbach's Alpha the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated 0.97. For analyzing the data SPSS software was used.The findings showed the application of components was higher than average except one of the components. The results of t2 Hotteling showed that the effects of all components were nott the same, considering the component ofexchange of information was highest and care about the strategic affairs was the lowest. The findings showed that there was significance based on demographic factors, major and type of work. But no significance difference was seen based on demographic factors, university, type of library, and years in service (p<0.05).
Interlending and Document Supply (2641615)40(4)pp. 192-196
Purpose: The paper's aim is to study the feasibility of establishing digital document supply services in libraries of research institutes and universities in Isfahan province. Design/methodology/approach: The research is of a descriptive survey type. The population under study included librarians working in academic and research institute libraries in Isfahan province. The data were collected via a researcher-made questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale. Findings: The study indicates that the feasibility of establishing digital document supply services in academic and research institute libraries in Isfahan province is less than average, which is not desirable. Originality/value: The paper provides information about the state of document supply services in Iranian academic libraries and research institutes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Shabani, A.,
Rezaei aderyani r., ,
Abedi, M.,
Naderi f., International Journal of Information Science and Management (20088310)10(2)pp. 117-133
Since early 1980s, many empirical studies were carried out to recognize stress syndrome and occupational burnout in the United States libraries; the results indicated that the librarians in other countries are susceptible to these two conditions, as well. The present paper investigates the rate of occupational burnout in librarians of University of Isfahan, and evaluates the educational level, field of study, age, occupational experience, and the position of male and female librarians. The population under study included all the 61 librarians working in the libraries of University of Isfahan. The study was conducted as census. Maslash burnout inventory was handed in to all the librarians, and 57 copies were given back. In order to analyze the data, mean and standard deviation were used for descriptive statistics; also for inductive statistics, we applied t-test and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) using SPSS 16. The results showed that occupational burnout of librarians in University of Isfahan is at a moderate level in terms of intensity and abundance, while it is at a low level considering emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. There is a relationship between some demographic factors such as occupational burnout and gender (abundance of emotional exhaustion), educational level (depersonalization intensity) and field of study (intensity and abundance of emotional exhaustion), whereas there was no relationship between occupational burnout and age, occupational experience, and librarians' positions. Regarding the obtained results, managers and officials should make appropriate plans to prevent occupational burnout in librarians working in the academic libraries.
International Journal Of Information Science And Management (20088310)10(1)pp. 1-14
This research attempted to study the reading behavior of graduate students in digital environment at University of Isfahan through 2008-2009. Different elements such as types of electronic resources, reading methods, amounts of note taking, amounts of printing and the advantages of using the electronic resources are being discussed. The paper employs descriptive survey research method to answer the questions. Data needed for research was gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire based on the related literature and Liu's questionnaire (2005). The statistical population used in this research consisted of the graduate students of seven departments in University of Isfahan and stratum random sampling was applied. The findings showed that students make use of different types of electronic resources. They tend to take notes from printed material and print electronic resources. They scan when they read from computer monitors. The highest advantage of reading electronic resources is acquiring update information and remote access while the least significant advantage is the ease of reading on the computer screens.
Iranian Journal of Information Processing Management (22518231)27(4)pp. 921-943
The purpose of this study was to investigate the application rate of post modern management components among managers and librarians in the libraries of Isfahan state universities and the research method was descriptive survey study. The population consisted of 166 managers and librarians in the libraries of Isfahan state universities. Data was gathered using a researcher-made questionnaire and SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the application rate of all the components in the existing situation were lower than the average and in the ideal situation were higher than average. The results of t2 Hotteling showed that the effect of the components in the existing situation and in the ideal situation were not the same. The findings also showed that there was significance in the existing situation based on demographic factors gender and place of work and in the ideal situation based on demographic factors course of study and place of work (p<0.05).
International Journal of Information Science and Management (20088310)9(1)pp. 57-74
In this research, the citations received by DOAJ's journals from the ISI Web of Science's articles in 2003 to 2008 were studied and compared. The citations received by the journals in five fields (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology & Engineering, and Health & Medical Sciences) as well as the difference among the citations received by DOAJ's journals in the abovementioned five fields were examined. The research method is citation analysis and the research data have been collected by means of Cited Reference Search in the ISI Web of Science. The English-language journals in DOAJ were chosen, and no sampling was used. Findings showed that out of 2953 journals, 321 journals (10.87%) received citations, and the total citations received by these journals were 19050 with the mean of 6.45 per journal; the journals in Pure Sciences received most citations (10116 citations, equal to 53.1%), and the ones in Arts & Humanities received the least citations (701 citations, equal to 3.68%). On the other hand, the findings of Chi-Square test (χ2) indicate that there is a significant difference among the citations in the above-mentioned five fields.
Library Review (242535)60(8)pp. 645-657
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study reading behavior in the digital environment based on demographic factors including faculty, degree and gender among higher education students of Isfahan University. Design/methodology/approach: This study was survey descriptive using a researcher-made questionnaire and data collection was accomplished using stratified random sampling method. The population of the study was the postgraduate students from seven faculties of Isfahan University. Different aspects of reading behavior were studied including the amount of reading of electronic resources, the style of reading electronic resources, the amount of annotating the electronic and print resources, the amount of printing out electronic documents for reading, and preference of reading medium. Findings: The study showed that the amount of reading of electronic resources is highest in the students of technical and engineering subjects, while the amount of printing out of electronic documents is highest in the faculty of sciences. PhD students usually make use of scanning for reading electronic resources, whereas postgraduate students generally print out more electronic documents. Practical implications: The findings of this study will help university authorities and digital libraries managers to provide better services to users and students. Originality/value: With the advent of internet and computers, reading is not the same as in the past. Reading in the digital age has changed and this paper tries to give some insight about the reading behavior of students and their preferences and the differences based on faculty, degree and gender. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
2025 29th International Computer Conference, Computer Society of Iran, CSICC 2025pp. 109-113
This research aims to investigate the citations received by DOAJ's journals from ISI Web of Science's articles in five fields (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology & Engineering, and Health & Medical Sciences) during 2003-2008. It was used bibliometrics and citation analysis. In this research 2953 English-language journals in DOAJ were chosen, and no sampling was used. The research data have been gathered by means of Cited Reference Search in ISI Web of Science and after counting the number of citations in each field the journals were ranked (to the fifth rank) in terms of the number of the received citations. After studying the journals from DOAJ, it was clarified that 321 journals (10.87%) received citations, and these journals totally received 19050 citations. The average number of citations per journal was 6.45. Pure Sciences received most citations (10116 citations equal to 53.1%) and in this field Biology was in the first rank in terms of the number of citations (6009 citations equal to 50.4%) and Arts & Humanities received least citations (701 citations equal to 3.68%) and in this field Geography was in the last rank in terms of the number of citations (25 citations, equal to 3.57%). On the other hand, the Findings of Chi-square test are also indicative that there is a significant difference among the citations in terms of the mentioned-above five fields.
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