scientific journals provide a platform for reviewing, publishing and dissemination of the results of new scientific findings and discoveries and cannot be replaced by any other platform. given the important role of scientific journals in dissemination of information, management of such journals takes a high priority. the accurate management of scientific journals takes place only when the diffe...

introduction: in order to cope with the crisis of serials cost and problems associated with the shortage of budget in libraries and facilitating the access to scientific journals, the principle of open access to scientific publications and usually in the form of electronic journals has evolved during the last 15 years. this research aimed to clarifying the amount of citations of isi web of scie...

nowadays medical journals around the world have proven their vital role in communities’ health. nevertheless, one important question is always arising regarding these journals that are whether they should publish any advertisements? the aimed of the present review article was to discuss different issues raised whenever one would like to answer this question. in 2013, the pub med search engine w...

the aim of the present study is to investigate and compare the role of journals with different access models (including print, database, print/database subscriptions) as well as unsubscribed models in meeting the information needs of shiraz university researchers. using a bibliometric method, the communication studies the references used in shiraz university scientific papers indexed by thomson...