this article analyzed the various bibliometric components of the articles published in the malaysian journal of library and information science from 1996 to 2012. various quality aspects of the 279 articles published in the period were studied. the study demonstrates and elaborates on the various aspects of the journal, such as its distribution of article by year, authorship patterns, distribut...

background and purpose: using valid and reliable instruments is an important way for collecting data in qualitative researches. this paper is a report of a study conducted to examine the extent of psychometric properties of the scales in research papers published in journal of advanced nursing. methods: in this study, the journal of advanced nursing was chosen for systematic review. all article...

â  publishing geographical journals which is most often carried out by universities and research institutions and by the private sector in the country has an important role in providing scientific achievements and shows the status of the geographical society of the country. it is also one the evaluation tools for the status of articles, authors and how they are being indexed in the citation dat...

The Iranian Journal of Radiation Research (IJRR) is now in the eighth year of publication. This journal is the mouth piece of shared idea of Dr Shahram Akhlaghpoor and me, which was established way back in 2002. At that time the main emphasis of the founder members was to make the subject of radiation research attractive and interesting especially for combating cancer and risk assessment. T...

background and objective: co-authorship on writing articles is one of the indicators of reliability in scientific articles. due to the lack of information regarding to the rate of participation of the authors of articles in the ” iranian journal of pathology” this research with the aim of the survey of collaborative coefficients of article authors in this journal  from 2006 to 2012 was performe...

introduction: citation tracking is a bibliometrics method to analyze the scientific impact of journal articles which can be done through scopus (sc), google scholar (gs), or isi web of knowledge (wos). in the current study, we analyzed the citations to 2006-2012 articles of iranian journal of nuclear medicine (ijnm) in the sc and gs. methods: we retrieved the relevant data from sc and gs offici...

Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to welcome you in the third issue of Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine and I hope you find it interesting. In this issue, beside the valuable original articles and an interesting case report, a useful review article have been published concerning the role of nuclear medicine in the management of solitary pulmonary nodule.I am proud to announce you that Journ...

Background and Objective: Co-authorship on writing articles is one of the indicators of reliability in scientific articles. Due to the lack of information regarding to the rate of participation of the authors of articles in the ” Iranian Journal of Pathology” this research with the aim of the survey of collaborative coefficients of article authors in this Journal  from 2006 to 2012 was performe...