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Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Farhadi, Hadi and Fooladi, Masood and Farhadi, Maryam and Ale Ebrahim, NaderA comparison between two main academic literature collections: Web of Science and Scopus databases.Asian Social Science , 2013, vol. 9, n. 5, pp. 18-26. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Aguado-López, Eduardo and Becerril-García, Arianna and Rogel-Salazar, Rosario and Garduño-Oropeza, Gustavo and Zúñiga-Roca, María Fernanda and Babini, Dominique and López-López, Wilson and Melero, RemediosUna métrica alternativa y comprehensiva para el análisis de la actividad científica: la metodología redalyc-fractal., 2013 [Preprint]
Aguilar-Moreno, Estefanía and Granell-Canut, CarlosSistemas de información geográfica para unidades de información [Geographic information systems for information units].El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 22, n. 1, pp. 80-86. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Ahmad, Hussien and Dowaji, SalahLinked-OWL : A new approach for dynamic linked data service workflow composition., 2013 [Newspaper/Magazine Article]
Alcaraz-Martínez, Rubén and Montes, Sergi and Russo-Gallo, Patricia and Vicente-Hernández, LluísMapa de software libre en España., 2013 . In XIII Jornadas Españolas de Documentación FESABID'13. Creando valor'es, Toledo (España), 24-25 de mayo de 2013. [Conference Paper]
Ale Ebrahim, NaderIntroduction to the Research Tools Mind Map.Research World, 2013, vol. 10, n. 4, pp. 1-3. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Alker, StefanHandbuch Bibliothek. Geschichte, Aufgaben, Perspektiven. Hg. von Konrad Umlauf und Stefan Gradmann.Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, 2013, vol. 66, n. 2, pp. 370-377. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Arroyo-Vázquez, NataliaBibliotecario, trae tu propio smartphone a la biblioteca.Anuario ThinkEPI 2013, 2013, vol. 7, pp. 89-90. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Avendaño Torres, Amelia Evaluación de la bibliografía básica de la licenciatura en biblioteconomía en la biblioteca “Francisco Orozco Muñoz” de la Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía., 2013 Bachelor thesis, Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía . [Thesis]

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Babini, DominiqueOpen Access contribution to inclusive and participatory global knowledge societies., 2013 . In World Summit on the Information Society - Multistakeholder Review Event WSIS+10, Paris, 25-27 February, 2013. [Presentation]
Babini, DominiqueOpen access in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)., 2013 . In UNESCO First Regional Latin American and Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research, Kingston, Jamaica, March 5-8, 2013. [Presentation]
Babini, Dominique and De-Volder, Carolina and López, Fernando-ArielEl acceso abierto: un desafío para las universidades., 2013 . In Plan de sensibilización para la creación del Repositorio Digital Institucional de la Universidad, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 27 de Mayo. (Unpublished) [Presentation]
Babini, Dominique and Finquelievich, Susana Open Access in Argentina., 2013 . In UNESCO Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research, Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013. [Presentation]
Babini, Dominique and López, Fernando ArielRol del bibliotecario/a para un acceso abierto de calidad., 2013 . In 54° Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios ABGRA, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 23-25 abril 2013. [Presentation]
Bartosz, Ruż . Koncepcja języka teoretycznoliterackiego strukturalistów polskich., 2013 Projekt Nauka. Fundacja na rzecz promocji nauki polskiej. [Book]
Bauer, Bruno and Cepicka, Karin and Stowasser-Bloch, KatharinaQualitätsmanagement und Zertifizierung der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien gemäß ISO 9001:2008.Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, 2013, vol. 66, n. 1, pp. 118-131. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Bauer, Bruno and Formanek, Daniel and Lach, Karin and Pauser, Josef and Pum, Gabriele and Rohrmoser, Manuela and Zechner, Gerhard and Zemanek, MichaelaKooperativer Bericht vom 5. Kongress Bibliothek & Information Deutschland: "Wissenswelten neu gestalten" (Leipzig, 11.–14.3.2013).Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, 2013, vol. 66, n. 2, pp. 329-354. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Bauer, Bruno and Katzmayr, MichaelSchwerpunktthema "ODOK in Leoben 2010 und in Wels 2012" [Editorial].Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, 2013, vol. 66, n. 1, pp. 5-8. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Bauset-Carbonell, María-Carmen and Rodenes-Adam, ManuelGestión de los servicios de tecnologías de la información: modelo de aporte de valor basado en ITIL e ISO/IEC 20000.El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 22, n. 1, pp. 54-61. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Bellantonio, Nunzia Tiziana and Modestino, RaffaellaProject management e metodologia di rappresentazione grafica di processi per le attività documentali. Case study: il repository della documentazione relativa alle lotte ed alle esperienze dei lavoratori per la salute nel lavoro.Bibliotime, 2013, vol. 16, n. 1. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
Benito-Martínez, ElenaLa importancia de documentarse para traducir = The translatin process: beyond a question of linguistic competente., 2013 [Preprint]
Blázquez-Ochando, ManuelEvaluación del sistema de clasificación automática de contenidos "Resync" en medios de comunicación españoles y mexicanos = Evaluation of automatic classification system "Resync" in mass media published contents in México and Spain., 2013 . In 10º Seminario Hispano-Mexicano de Bibliotecología y Documentación, Madrid, 22-24 April 2013. [Conference Paper]
Boeris, Claudia E.Aplicación de técnicas de análisis de redes sociales y de co-ocurrencia de palabras en la determinación de frentes de investigación., 2013 [Preprint]
Boeris, Claudia E.La biblioteca del IAR., 2013 [Preprint]
Botchkarev, AlexeiMining Evidence in the Online Academic Journal Databases: Access and Performance in Public Sector., 2013 [Preprint]

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Calderón-Rehecho, AntonioAnimación a la lectura en bibliotecas universitarias con el apoyo de las TIC., 2013 [Preprint]
Caridad-Sebastián, Mercedes and Martínez-Cardama , SaraEl bibliotecario integrado en el aprendizaje universitario.El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 22, n. 2, pp. 149-154. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Chatzipentidis, KiriakosBiblioteczny Eros – Terra Incognita?, 2013 [Preprint]
Chatzipentidis, KiriakosBiblioteka kontestacją marki jako symbolu konsumpcyjnego na przykładzie słownika miejskiego., 2013 [Preprint]
Chatzipentidis, KiriakosTimbuktu - biblioteki "zaginionego miasta"., 2013 [Preprint]
Chiaretti, AlessandroDatos Abiertos (Enlazados) y democratización del acceso a la información en Chile., 2013 . In Internacional del Conocimiento 2013, Simposio n. 14, Santiago, Chile, 7-10 january 2013. (Unpublished) [Conference Paper]
Chávez Aguilar , Brenda Edith and Sánchez García , Claudia RocioRepositorio digital de trabajos recepcionales de las licenciaturas de la Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía: propuesta con uso de software libre., 2013 Licenciatura thesis, Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía. [Thesis]
Cisek, SabinaAnaliza danych jakościowych we współczesnej informatologii., 2013 . In Nauka o informacji (informacja naukowa) w okresie zmian, Warszawa (Poland), 15-16 April 2013. (Unpublished) [Presentation]
Codina, Lluís and Abadal, ErnestCrítica del mundo digital: propuesta de categorización.Anuario ThinkEPI, 2013, vol. 7, pp. 146-149. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Conole, GrainneMOOCs as disruptive technologies: strategies for enhancing the learner experience and quality of MOOCs., 2013 [Preprint]
Cordón-García , José-Antonio and Alonso-Arévalo, Julio and Gómez-Díaz, RaquelNuevas herramientas digitales y participación de los usuarios: el papel de las bibliotecas en la dinamización de los contenidos.Mi Biblioteca, 2013, vol. 9, n. 32, pp. 72-75. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]

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Darries, FatimaE-LIS: the quest for African Librarians., 2013 . In African Library Summit 2013: the horizon and beyond, Unisa Library, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 to 5 July 2013. (Unpublished) [Conference Poster]
Das, Prabir KumarJournal of Informetrics: A Bibliometric Profile.DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology,, 2013, vol. 33, n. 3, pp. 243-252. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaCause per diffamazione contro la libertà di espressione.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaChi sorveglia gli editori predatori.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, Antonella"Classe 2013": Musil ed Edith Stein liberi dal copyright.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaDa marzo, dati aperti nella pubblica amministrazione. Con qualche domanda.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaEditori contro Google: la guerra dei link.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaEditoria scientifica 2013: nuove tendenze oltre la “primavera accademica”.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaGoogle-Europa: a chi conviene la pace?Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaGoogle-Germania zero a zero.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaIl diabete, guerra senza fine.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaLa biblioteca accademica nella filiera della comunicazione scientifica: ridefinire le alleanze e i percorsi dentro l'ambiente sociale., 2013 . In Le Biblioteche in Cerca di Alleati, Milano (Italy). Palazzo Stelline, 14-15 March 2013. [Presentation]
De Robbio, AntonellaLa ricerca condivisa: nasce Zenodo, il data repository europeo.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaL’Open access vince e raddoppia negli Stati Uniti.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaOpen Access come ‘quinta libertà’ nei progetti di ricerca e innovazione.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaOperazione trasparenza per le amministrazioni pubbliche.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaReLire: il programma francese per la digitalizzazione “di Stato”.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaSicurezza informatica e fragilità della rete.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaTra frequenze tv, spazi bianchi e wi-fi.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaUn presidente disperso nella Rete.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaUn telefono da leggere, per tutti.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De Robbio, AntonellaUnica soluzione, la Olivetti Lettera 22.Il Bo', 2013. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
De-Volder, CarolinaEl acceso abierto: la información como bien público., 2013 UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished) [Other]
De-Volder, Carolina and López, Fernando ArielLa información en Internet. Segunda parte: Guardar, comunicar y compartir información., 2013 [Guide/Manual]
De-la-Vega-Sivera, RicardSoftware libre en repositorios de e-información.El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 17, n. 1, pp. 49-55. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Deltell, Luis and Osteso, José-Miguel and Claes, FlorenciaTwitter en las campañas comunicativas de películas cinematográficas.El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 22, n. 2, pp. 128-134. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Dimitri, Pedro Jorge and Miguel, Sandra EdithRecopilación de documentos sobre Bibliometría producidos por autores argentinos : tercera contribución., 2013 UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished) [Other]
Dutta, Bidyarthi and Majumder, Krishnapada and Sen, B KIn search of dimensions of subject from the standpoint of Ranganathan.Annals of Library and Information Studies, 2013, vol. 60, n. 1, pp. 51-55. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]

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Eichinger, AnitaWien Digital – Digitalisierung an der Wienbibliothek im Rathaus.Mitteilungen der Vereingung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen & Bibliothekare, 2013, vol. 66, n. 2, pp. 359-362. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Espíndola Pérez, José and Fragoso Izquierdo, Lorena Jazmín and Hernández Ruíz, Guillermo and Islas Zárraga, Jessica Ivon and Lira Aguiñaga, José Eduardo and Ramírez Solís , Eduardo Raymundo and Velázquez Contreras, Luis GabrielEducación superior, bibliotecas y automatización: un panorama del Estado de Puebla., 2013 Bachelor thesis thesis, Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía. [Thesis]
Etxaniz, Iñaki and Martínez, CristinaMejorando las búsquedas en Europeana, el proyecto ASSETS.El profesional de la información, 2013, vol. 22, n. 3, pp. 224-232. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]

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Farhadi, Hadi and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Farhadi, Maryam and Fooladi, Masood and Ale Ebrahim, NaderDoes it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2013, vol. 7, n. 4, pp. 198-202. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Fernández-Mellado, Rebeca and Camacho-Chacón, J.-JavierRepositorio Digital DEISP: Documentación, Educación e Innovación en el Sistema Preventivo de Don Bosco.Educación y Futuro: revista de investigación aplicada y experiencias educativas, 2013, n. 28, pp. 229-249. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]
Fernández-Morales, MynorClasificación del software libre orientado a la automatización integral de bibliotecas según el nivel de complejidad de la biblioteca: bibliotecas simples, bibliotecas de mediana complejidad y bibliotecas de alta complejidad.e-Ciencias de la Información, 2013, vol. 3, n. 1. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
Ferrada Cubillos, MarielaTérminos de uso frecuente en la Web Social. Glosario.Serie Bibliotecología y Gestión de Información, 2013, n. 81. [Journal Article (On-line/Unpaginated)]
Fooladi, Masood and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Farhadi, Maryam and Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Farhadi, Hadi and Ale Ebrahim, NaderDoes criticisms overcome the praises of journal impact factor?Asian Social Science , 2013, vol. 9, n. 5, pp. 176-182. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)]


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African Journal of Business Management; 4 September 2010; 4(11)

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  Table of Contents: 4 September 2010; 4(11)
 
 
 
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Zulkufly Ramly and Hafiz Majdi Abdul Rashid
     Critical review of literature on corporate governance and the cost of capital:
     The value creation perspective
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2198 - 2204
 
 
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Abbas Afrazeh
     A problem solving method for customer knowledge management maturity      
     (CKMM): Case study in some Iranian oil companies
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2205 - 2215
    
Zélia Serrasqueiroand Paulo Maçãs Nunes
     Are trade-off and pecking order theories mutually exclusive in explaining
     capital structure decisions?
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2216 - 2230
 
Yi-Chun Yang and Jih-Ming Hsu
     Organizational process alignment, culture and innovation
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2231 - 2240
 
Nkote Nabeta Isaac and Luwugge Lilian
     Automation and customs tax administration: Empirical evidence from Uganda
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2241 - 2246
 
Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zahari Taha
     Critical factors for new product developments in SMEs virtual team
     [Abstract][Full Article - PDF] pp. 2247 - 2257
African Journal of Business Management; 4 September 2010; 4(11)
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A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases - OpenDepot.org

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Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo and Salehi, Hadi and Yunus, Melor Md and Farhadi, Hadi and Fooladi, Masood and Farhadi, Maryam and Ale Ebrahim, Nader (2013) A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases. Asian Social Science, 9 (5). pp. 18-26. ISSN 1911-2025
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Nowadays, the world's scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:web of science, scopus, database, citations, provenance, coverage, searching, citation tracking, impact factor, indexing, h-index, researcher profile, researcher ID
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Education > Research and Study Skills in Education
Education > Academic studies in Education
Education > Others in Education
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Depositing User:Nader Ale Ebrahim
Date Deposited:11 Jul 2013 03:36
Last Modified:11 Jul 2013 03:36
URI:http://opendepot.org/id/eprint/1811


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“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer | Retraction Watch

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Retraction Watch

Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process

“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer

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plos oneThe title of this post is the title of a new study in PLOS ONE by three researchers whose names Retraction Watch readers may find familiar: Grant Steen, Arturo Casadevall, and Ferric Fang. Together and separately, they’ve examined retraction trends in a number of papers we’ve covered.
Their new paper tries to answer a question we’re almost always asked as a follow-up to data showing the number of retractions grew ten-fold over the first decade in the 21st century. As the authors write:
…it is unclear whether this reflects an increase in publication of flawed articles or an increase in the rate at which flawed articles are withdrawn.
In other words, is there more poor or fraudulent science being published, or are readers and editors just better at finding it — perhaps thanks to better awareness? These explanations aren’t mutually exclusive, of course. Steen et al:
The recent increase in retractions is consistent with two hypotheses: (1) infractions have become more common or (2) infractions are more quickly detected. If infractions are now more common, this would not be expected to affect the time-to-retraction when data are evaluated by year of retraction. If infractions are now detected more quickly, then the time-to-retraction should decrease when evaluated as a function of year of publication.
When the authors looked at 2,047 retracted articles indexed in PubMed, they found:
Time-to-retraction (from publication of article to publication of retraction) averaged 32.91 months. Among 714 retracted articles published in or before 2002, retraction required 49.82 months; among 1,333 retracted articles published after 2002, retraction required 23.82 months (p<0.0001). This suggests that journals are retracting papers more quickly than in the past, although recent articles requiring retraction may not have been recognized yet.
Fang and Casadevall have also showed that high-impact factor (IF) journals are more likely to retract. In the new study, the authors report that
Time-to-retraction was significantly shorter for high-IF journals, but only ~1% of the variance in time-to-retraction was explained by increased scrutiny.
And plagiarism and duplication — the latter reason for retraction having become so frequent that we can’t cover them all — are relatively new on the landscape, meaning a jump in numbers is to be expected:
The first article retracted for plagiarism was published in 1979 and the first for duplicate publication in 1990, showing that articles are now retracted for reasons not cited in the past.
The effect of those who would have shown up frequently on an earlier version of Retraction Watch — think the analogues of modern-day scientists like Joachim Boldt, Yoshitaka Fujii, and Diederik Stapel— was impressive:
The proportional impact of authors with multiple retractions was greater in 1972–1992 than in the current era (p<0.001). From 1972–1992, 46.0% of retracted papers were written by authors with a single retraction; from 1993 to 2012, 63.1% of retracted papers were written by single-retraction authors (p<0.001).
More details on that:
Authors with multiple retractions have had a considerable impact, both on the total number of retractions and on time-to-retraction. In 2011, 374 articles were retracted; of these, 137 articles (36.6%) were written by authors with >5 retractions. Articles retracted after a long interval (≥60 months after publication) make up 17.9% of all retracted articles; approximately two-thirds (65.7%) of such articles were retracted due to fraud or suspected fraud, a rate of fraud higher than in the overall sample [8]. Among fraudulent articles retracted ≥60 months after publication, only 10.4% (25/241) were written by authors with a single retraction.
We asked Daniele Fanelli, who studies misconduct in science, for his reaction to the findings:
The finding that journals are retracting papers more quickly than in the past is very good news, as it shows how the scientific system of self-correction is improving. All the other data presented in the paper can also be interpreted, most simply, as an improvement in the system of detection. Retractions, whether by single or multiple authors, are growing because more journals are retracting. High-impact factor journals retract more and more rapidly because they have more readers and better policies. Studies have shown that impact factor is the best predictor of a journal having clear and active policies for misconduct. So any correlation between retractions and impact factor has a trivial explanation.
In sum, there is no need to invoke “Lower barriers to publication of flawed articles”, as the authors do. I am not saying that scientific misconduct is not increasing. Maybe it is, maybe it is not. But the evidence is inconclusive, and statistics on retractions have no bearing on the issue. Whatever the current prevalence of misconduct might be, it is most likely higher than the extremely small proportion of papers that are currently retracted each year. So retractions are a good thing, and we should just hope to see more of them in the future.
We happen to agree that the growing number of retractions is a good thing, as we wrote in Australia’s The Conversation last year, and not just because it means we have more to write about. What we’d really like to see, of course, is more transparency in those notices — which is something the authors of the new study end with:
Better understanding of the underlying causes for retractions can potentially inform efforts to change the culture of science [41] and to stem a loss of trust in science among the lay public [42], [43].
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“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer | Retraction Watch

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Retraction Watch

Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process

“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer

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plos oneThe title of this post is the title of a new study in PLOS ONE by three researchers whose names Retraction Watch readers may find familiar: Grant Steen, Arturo Casadevall, and Ferric Fang. Together and separately, they’ve examined retraction trends in a number of papers we’ve covered.
Their new paper tries to answer a question we’re almost always asked as a follow-up to data showing the number of retractions grew ten-fold over the first decade in the 21st century. As the authors write:
…it is unclear whether this reflects an increase in publication of flawed articles or an increase in the rate at which flawed articles are withdrawn.
In other words, is there more poor or fraudulent science being published, or are readers and editors just better at finding it — perhaps thanks to better awareness? These explanations aren’t mutually exclusive, of course. Steen et al:
The recent increase in retractions is consistent with two hypotheses: (1) infractions have become more common or (2) infractions are more quickly detected. If infractions are now more common, this would not be expected to affect the time-to-retraction when data are evaluated by year of retraction. If infractions are now detected more quickly, then the time-to-retraction should decrease when evaluated as a function of year of publication.
When the authors looked at 2,047 retracted articles indexed in PubMed, they found:
Time-to-retraction (from publication of article to publication of retraction) averaged 32.91 months. Among 714 retracted articles published in or before 2002, retraction required 49.82 months; among 1,333 retracted articles published after 2002, retraction required 23.82 months (p<0.0001). This suggests that journals are retracting papers more quickly than in the past, although recent articles requiring retraction may not have been recognized yet.
Fang and Casadevall have also showed that high-impact factor (IF) journals are more likely to retract. In the new study, the authors report that
Time-to-retraction was significantly shorter for high-IF journals, but only ~1% of the variance in time-to-retraction was explained by increased scrutiny.
And plagiarism and duplication — the latter reason for retraction having become so frequent that we can’t cover them all — are relatively new on the landscape, meaning a jump in numbers is to be expected:
The first article retracted for plagiarism was published in 1979 and the first for duplicate publication in 1990, showing that articles are now retracted for reasons not cited in the past.
The effect of those who would have shown up frequently on an earlier version of Retraction Watch — think the analogues of modern-day scientists like Joachim Boldt, Yoshitaka Fujii, and Diederik Stapel— was impressive:
The proportional impact of authors with multiple retractions was greater in 1972–1992 than in the current era (p<0.001). From 1972–1992, 46.0% of retracted papers were written by authors with a single retraction; from 1993 to 2012, 63.1% of retracted papers were written by single-retraction authors (p<0.001).
More details on that:
Authors with multiple retractions have had a considerable impact, both on the total number of retractions and on time-to-retraction. In 2011, 374 articles were retracted; of these, 137 articles (36.6%) were written by authors with >5 retractions. Articles retracted after a long interval (≥60 months after publication) make up 17.9% of all retracted articles; approximately two-thirds (65.7%) of such articles were retracted due to fraud or suspected fraud, a rate of fraud higher than in the overall sample [8]. Among fraudulent articles retracted ≥60 months after publication, only 10.4% (25/241) were written by authors with a single retraction.
We asked Daniele Fanelli, who studies misconduct in science, for his reaction to the findings:
The finding that journals are retracting papers more quickly than in the past is very good news, as it shows how the scientific system of self-correction is improving. All the other data presented in the paper can also be interpreted, most simply, as an improvement in the system of detection. Retractions, whether by single or multiple authors, are growing because more journals are retracting. High-impact factor journals retract more and more rapidly because they have more readers and better policies. Studies have shown that impact factor is the best predictor of a journal having clear and active policies for misconduct. So any correlation between retractions and impact factor has a trivial explanation.
In sum, there is no need to invoke “Lower barriers to publication of flawed articles”, as the authors do. I am not saying that scientific misconduct is not increasing. Maybe it is, maybe it is not. But the evidence is inconclusive, and statistics on retractions have no bearing on the issue. Whatever the current prevalence of misconduct might be, it is most likely higher than the extremely small proportion of papers that are currently retracted each year. So retractions are a good thing, and we should just hope to see more of them in the future.
We happen to agree that the growing number of retractions is a good thing, as we wrote in Australia’s The Conversation last year, and not just because it means we have more to write about. What we’d really like to see, of course, is more transparency in those notices — which is something the authors of the new study end with:
Better understanding of the underlying causes for retractions can potentially inform efforts to change the culture of science [41] and to stem a loss of trust in science among the lay public [42], [43].
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    Reblogged this on lab ant and commented:
    Interesting paper on the increasing number of paper retractions over the last years? I was always wondering if the pressure to publish fast and high could negatively impact the quality of scientific articles?
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      The pressure to publish , the inability to cover fraud in the face of solid evidence, and more importantly, the willingness of universities to weed out highly paid professors!
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    Daniele Fanelli wrote: “So any correlation between retractions and impact factor has a trivial explanation.” Burt the data show that it only explains 1% of the variance. Moreover, the authors emphasize that their data also shows changes in author behavior (e.g. increased plagiarism). Thus, it’s both: more scrutiny and more fraud, as the data prior to this paper already indicated:
    http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00291/full
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      1% of the variance in time to retraction, but, as you also quote in the (very interesting) paper you have linked, the coefficient of determination for retractions-IF is a staggering 0.77.
      The increase in plagiarism, again, could be the effect of better detection ability. We didn’t have Turnitin, Deja vu, or even Google until a few years ago.
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    Re-blogged on http://aleebrahim.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-has-number-of-scientific.html and comment on LInkedIn.
    1- The number of plagiarism detection software increased dramatically.
    2- The number of online material increased.
    3- The plagiarism detection software improved.
    4- The number of submissions increased radically.
    So, the number of “Scientific Retractions Increased?”.
    http://www.mindmeister.com/39583892

“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer | Retraction Watch
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Do criticisms overcome the praises of Journal Impact Factor?

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Does criticisms overcome the praises of Journal Impact Factor?

Fooladi, Masood; Salehi, Hadi; Yunus, Melor Md; Farhadi, Maryam; Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo; Farhadi, Hadi; Ale Ebrahim, Nader (2013) Does criticisms overcome the praises of Journal Impact Factor?Asian Social Science, 9 (5). pp. 176-182. ISSN 1911-2017
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Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers' behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention of journal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor.
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Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo; Salehi, Hadi; Yunus, Melor Md; Farhadi, Hadi; Fooladi, Masood; Farhadi, Maryam; Ale Ebrahim, Nader (2013) A comparison between two main academic literature collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases.Asian Social Science, 9 (5). pp. 18-26. ISSN 1911-2017
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Nowadays, the world's scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
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Uncontrolled Keywords:web of science; scopus; database; citations; provenance; coverage; searching; citation tracking; impact factor; indexing; h-index; researcher profile; researcher ID
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Research Associate of information/Scientometrics at  Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group,
University of Wolverhampton, UK

Elsevier’s Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board
Editorial board of Scientometrics

k.kousha1[ .[....at....]. ]  2wlv .ac .uk

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Award  of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Scholarship
Leverhulme Trust Int. Research Fellowship Award (UK)
ACUMEN (European Commission) Research Fellow

See my list of publication in Google Scholar
My research includes Web citation analysis and online scholarly impact assessment using Web-based quantitative and qualitative research methods. I have tested different Web citation extraction methods and proposed the Integrated Online Impact (IOI) to capture formal impact indictors from different types of Web documents for research evaluation.  For this purpose, I have used Google (Web/URL citations), Google Scholar, Google Books citations as well as automatic analyses of online syllabuses(education / teaching impact) and PowerPoint presentation files as source of evidence for research impact. Moreover, for the first time we used Image Identification Technology (IIT) to assess the intellectual impact or value of scholarly pictures in astronomy, bioscience and art (how images are used for research). More recently, I have focused on the impact of Social Networking Sites (SNS) in research communication and found some evidence based on the role of YouTube videos andblogs in scientific production.
Book Chapter
1.      Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (in press). Web Impact Metrics for Research Assessment. In: B. Cronin & C.R. Sugimoto, (Eds), Next Generation Metrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Performance, MIT Press.
2.      Thelwall, M., Kousha, K., Weller, K., & Puschmann, C. (2012). Assessing the impact of online academic videos. In: G. Widen Wulff& K. Holmberg, (Eds), Social Information Research, Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. (pp. 195-213).
English Refereed Journal Papers
3.      Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (in press, 2013). Disseminating Research with Web CV Hyperlinks. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
4.      Thelwall, M. & Kousha, K. (in press, 2013). Academia.edu: Social network or academic network? Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
5.      MasBleda, A., Thelwall, M., Kousha, K., & Aguillo, I. (in press). Successful researchers publicizing research online: An outlink analysis of European highly cited scientists’ personal websites, Journal of Documentation.
6.      Kousha, K., Thelwall. M & Abdoli, M.  (2012). The role of online videos in research communication: A content analysis of YouTube videos cited in academic publications, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 63(9), 1710–1727.
7.      Kousha, K, Thelwall. M & Rezaie, S. (2011). Assessing the Citation Impact of Books: The Role of Google Books, Google Scholar and Scopus, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2147-2164.
       DOI: 10.1002/asi.21608
8.      Kousha, K, Thelwall. M & Rezaie, S. (2010). Can the Impact of Scholarly Images Be Assessed? Exploratory Study Using Image Identification Search Technology, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 61(9), 1734-1744.
      DOI: 10.1002/asi.21370
9.      Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2010). The Citation Impact of Open Access Agricultural Research: A Comparison between OA and Non-OA Publications, Online Information Review, 34(5).
        DOI: 10.1108/14684521011084618
10.  Kousha, K, Thelwall. M. & Rezaie, S. (2010). Using the Web for Research Evaluation: The Integrated Online Impact Indicator, Journal of Informetrics, 4(1), 124-135.
      DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.10.003
11.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2009). Google Book Search: Citation Analysis for Social Science and the Humanities, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 60(8), 1537-1549.
     DOI: 10.1002/asi.21085
12.  Kousha, K. (2009). Characteristics of Open Access Web Citation Networks:  A Multidisciplinary Study, Aslib Proceedings, 61(4), 394-406.
       DOI:10.1108/00012530910973794
13.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Research on Teaching:  An Automatic Analysis of Online Syllabuses in Science and Social Sciences, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 59(13), 2060–2069.
     DOI: 10.1002/asi.20920
14.  Thelwall, M. & Kousha, K. (2008). Online presentations as a source of scientific impact?: An analysis of PowerPoint files citing academic journals,Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(5), 805-815.
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20803
15.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). The Web Impact of Open Access Social Science Research, Library and Information Science Research, 29 (4), 495–507.
        DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2007.05.003
16.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). How is Science Cited on the Web? A Classification of Google Unique Web Citations, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 58 (11), 1631-1644.
      DOI: 10.1002/asi.20649
17.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: A Multi-Discipline Exploratory Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 58(7), 1055-1065.
      DOI: 10.1002/asi.20584
18.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (2007). Sources of Google Scholar citations outside the Science Citation Index: a comparison between four science disciplines, Scientometrics, 74(2), 273-294.
     DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-0217-x
19.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2006). Motivations for URL citations to open access library and information science articles. Scientometrics, 68 (3), 50-517.
      DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0126-9
20.  Kousha, K. (1999).DVD: The Next Evolutionary Step for Publishing Multimedia Reference Sources.Online & CD-ROM Review, 23(4), 203-205.
21.  Kousha, K. & Horri, H. (2004).The Relationship between Scholarly Publishing and the Counts of Academic Inlinks to Iranian University Web Sites: Exploring Academic Link Creation Motivations. Journal of Information Management and Scientometrics, 1(2), 13-22.
22.  Kousha, K. (2005). Extracting Macroscopic Information from Sources of URL Citation to Scholarly Open Access Journals: A Webometrics Approach, IFLA Journal, June 2005.
23.  Aboli, M & Kousha, K. (2008). Web Citations vs. ISI/ Scopus Citations: Can Web be Better Indicator for Evaluation of Persian Medical Science Research. Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran.
24.  Kousha, K. (2005).Webometrics and Scholarly Communication: An Overview, Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran (FaslenamehKetab), 14(4), 7-16.
25.  Kousha, K. (2004). Experience of Librarians in Design and Development of the National  Web Directory of Iranian Sites, Iranhoo!Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran (FaslenamehKetab), 14(4), 349-358.
English International  Refereed  Conference Papers
26.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M.  (2011). Motivations for Citing Youtube Videos in the Academic Publications: A Contextual Analysis. 17th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (STI), 5-8 September, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
27.  Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2012). Using social networking sites, blogs and document sharing sites in the agriculture research: A citation analysis, 78th World Library and Information Congress, 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
28.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M.  (2011). Assessing the Citation Impact of Book-Based Disciplines: The Role of Google Books, Google Scholar and Scopus in the UK RAE. 13th International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference 2011, Durban, South Africa - 4th-8th July.
29.  Kousha, K. & Rezaie, S. (2009). Integrated Online Impact (IOI) for Research Assessment: A Case Study on JASIST and Scientometrics. Fifth International Conference on
Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Tenth COLLNET Meeting 13-16 September , 2009, Dalian, China.
30.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2009). Google Book Search Citation as Impact Indicator: A Case Study on Information and Library Science Journal Articles. 12th International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics, Brazil (ISSI-2009).
31.  Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2009). Citation Impact of the Open Access Agricultural Research: Comparison between OA and Non-OA Publications, 65th IFLA conference, Milan, Italy.
32.  Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2009). Citation impact of open access IFLA Annual Conference papers: a methodological approach, 65th IFLA conference, Milan, Italy.
33.  Kousha, K. (2008). Automatic Analysis of Online Syllabuses: A new e-Research Method to Investigate the Educational Impact of Research. 10th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, 17-20 September 2008, Vienna, Austria.
34.  Kousha, K. and Abdoli. M. (2008) Subject Analysis of Online Syllabuses in Library and Information Science: Do Academic LIS Programs Match with Job Requirements, 2008, 64th IFLA conference, Quebec, Canada.
35.  Kousha, K. (2008). Characteristics of Open Access Web Citation Networks:  A Multidisciplinary Study, Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, , 29 July – 1 August, 2008,  Berlin, Germany.
36.  Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (2006). Sources of Google Scholar Citations outside the Science Citation Index: A Comparison between Four Science Disciplines. The 9th International Science& Technology Indicators Conference, 7-9 September 2006, Leuven, Belgium.
37.  Kousha, K & Thelwall. M. (2006). Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: A Multi-Discipline Exploratory Analysis. The International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting in conjunction with the Extra Session on Information Visualization for Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, 10-12 May, 2006, Nancy, France.
38.  Kousha, K & Thelwall. . (2005). M. Motivations for URL citations to open access library and information science articles. In: Proceedings of 10th International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), 24-28 July, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden.
39.  Kousha, K. and Abbas H. (2004). Relationship between Scholarly Publishing and the Counts of Academic Inlinks to Iranian University Web Sites: Exploring Academic Link Creation Motivations. In  Proceedings of International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, March 2-5, 2004, New Delhi,  India,
40.  Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2005).  Iran's National ICT Education Plan: an Overview of the Possibilities, Problems and the Programs. 70th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 22th - 27th 2004, BuenosAires, Argentina.
Books (in Persian)
41.  Kousha, K. (2003). Internet Search Tools: Skills for Searching in WWW. Ketabdar Publication, Tehran, 250p. (Including CD-ROM).
42.   Liwen Vaughan. Statistical Methods for Information Professionals: a Practical, Painless Approach to Understanding Using and Interpreting Statistics, Information Today, 2000. Translated into Farsi by K. Kousha and M. Ghaneh, Chapar Publication, Tehran, 2005.
Long Encyclopedic Articles

43.  Kousha, K. (2002). Internet Search Tools. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press,  Vol. 2, pp. 433-438.
44.  Kousha, K. (2002). Multimedia. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press,  Vol. 1, pp. 725-732.
45.  Kousha, K. (2002). Microprocessors. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press,  Vol. 1, pp. 948.
46.  Kousha, K. (2002). International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 1, pp. 92-95.
47.  Kousha, K. (2006). Webometrics. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, p.p.1864-1869.
48.  Kousha, K. (2006). Digital Libraries. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 1481-1491.
49.  Kousha, K. (2006). Hypermedia and Hypertext. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 1185-1188. 
50.  Kousha, K. (2006). Patents Information. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 576-573.
51.  Kousha, K. (2006). Information Super Highways. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 75-78.
52.  Kousha, K. (2006). Telecommunication. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press,  Vol. 2, pp. 137-140.
53.  Kousha, K. (2006). Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 1812-1823.
54.  Kousha, K. (2006).United Kingdom Libraries. In: Horri, A. (Ed.) Persian Encyclopedia of Library and information Science, National Library of Iran Press, Vol. 2, pp. 359-364.












 Selected Research Articles in Persian (Only in Scientmetric / Webometrics)
55.  Ojagh, F. and Kousha, K. (2011). Assessing the self-archiving of the Iranian researchers: A comparison between hard sciences and social sciences, Information Science Research and Public Libraries, 17(65), 285-304.
56.  Kousha, K. and Abdoli, M. (2010). Web citation for research evaluation in medical sciences. Quarterly Journal of Health Information Management, 7(4), 451-460.
57.  Kousha, K. Sadeghani, J., Hidari, M., Kermani, A. (2010). Assessing academic publication rate derived from PhD. Dissertations in University of Tehran, Academic Library and Information Science Research, 44(52), 45-52.
58.  Naderi, S., Kousha, K. and Sabouri, A. (2009). The qualitative assessment of the Iranian social science research articles based upon Impact Factor measure, Informology, 25(3), 19-25.
59.  Azizkhani, Z., Kousha, K. and Horri, A. (2010). Frequency of citation in the text of ISI-indexed chemical articles, Academic Library and Information Science Research, 44(51), 13-21.
60.  Kousha, K. (2008). Overlap between ISI and Google Scholar in Science disciplines, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 18(3), 213-234.
61.  Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2007). Application of Web Statistics for Determination of Preferred/NonACase Study on UNESCO Thesaurus. Koliyat. Ketab Mah 118, 38-40.
62.  Kousha, K. (2006). Web citation new source for research evaluation. Rahyaft, No. 38(6).
63.  Kousha, K. (2004). Calculating the Web Impact Factor of Iranian Newspapers Web Sites. Journal ofInformology. 1(2), 85-114.
64.  Kousha, K. (2003). Criteria for Evaluation of Search Engines Performance. Journal of Informology. 1(1), 77-106.
 Editorial and Reviewing
·         Member of the editorial board of Scientometrics (2009-)
·         Elsevier’s Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board (2009-2012)
·         Reviews completed for the journals:
o   American Sociological Review
o   ASLIB Proceedings
o   Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
o   Cybermetrics
o   Health Information and Libraries Journal
o   Journal of Information Management and Scientometrics
o   Journal of Information Science
o   Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
o   Scientometrics
·         Programme committee member/reviewer for the conferences:
o   International committee (Reviewer) for International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (2009)
o   International committee (Reviewer) Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) (2007-2009)

 Awards
·         Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship Award  hosted by Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK (2010-2012)
·         Award of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Scholarship from International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics for PhD Proposal: Motivations for Linking to Open Access Scholarly E-Journals: A Comparison of the   Characteristics of Web Citations in Six Science and Social Science Disciplines.
·         Iran's highly cited paper awards in social sciences and art and humanities from the Ministry of Science and Technology  (2008) for article “Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: A Multi-Discipline Exploratory Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 58(7), 1055-1065.
·         Distinguished researcher award (h-index award) in Social Sciences (in, 2009, 2010 and 2012), University of Tehran.

 Academic Courses
·         Research policy
·         Citation indexing
·         Webomertics
·         Advanced Statistical Methods
·         Basic Statistical Methods
·         Searching/using Citation-based  Databases for Scientometric analysis (WoS; Scopus; Google Scholar and Google Books)

Thesis Examining 

·         2 PhD. Dissertations in Scientometrics
·         12 Master Thesis in information science/ Scientometric
Director of Master/ PhD Thesis
·         One PhD dissertations on Scientometrics
·         Ten Master theses on Webometrics, informetrics  and Sceintometrics topics
Computing skills for research
·         Webometrics and  scientometric software ( e.g., SocSciBot  and Webometric Analyst, HistCite, VosVeiwer )
·         Statistical analysis tools
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What is a virtual multidisciplinary team (vMDT)?

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What is a virtual multidisciplinary team (vMDT)?

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
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Background: Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs), also known as tumour boards or multidisciplinary case conferences, are an integral component of contemporary cancer care. There are logistical problems with setting up and maintaining participation in these meetings. An ill-defined concept, the virtual MDT (vMDT), has arisen in response to these difficulties. We have, in order to provide clarity and to generate discussion, attempted to define the concept of the vMDT, outline its advantages and disadvantages, and consider some of the practical aspects involved in setting up a virtual MDT. Methods: This is an unstructured review of published evidence and personal experience relating to virtual teams in general, and to MDTs in particular. Results: We have devised a simple taxonomy for MDTs, discussed some of the practicalities involved in setting up a vMDT, and described some of the potential advantages and disadvantages associated with vMDTs. Conclusion: The vMDT may be useful for discussions concerning rare or unusual tumours, or for helping guide the assessment and management of patients with uncommon complications related to treatment. However, the vMDT is a niche concept and is currently unlikely to replace the more traditional face-to-face MDT in the management of common tumours at specific sites. © 2013 Cancer Research UK. All rights reserved.
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DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.231Document Type: Article

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Virtual teams: A literature review  ( Review )

Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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In the competitive market, virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers. Nowadays companies are heavily investing in virtual team to enhance their performance and competitiveness. Despite virtual team growing prevalence, relatively little is known about this new form of team. Hence the study offers an extensive literature review with definitions of virtual teams and a structured analysis of the present body of knowledge of virtual teams. First, we distinguish virtual teams from conventional teams, different types of virtual teams to identify where current knowledge applies. Second, we dis tinguish what is needed for effective virtual team considering the people, process and technology point of view and underlying characteristics of virtual teams and challenges the entail. Finally we have identified and extended 12 key factors that need to be considered, and describes a methodology focused on supporting virtual team working, with a new approach that has not been specifically addressed in the existing literature and some guide line for future research extracted. © 2009, INSInet Publication.

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Effective virtual team; Literature review; Virtual team
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Nader Ale Ebrahim 


Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya; Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya

Shamsuddin Ahmed 


University of Malaya (UM)

Zahari Taha 


University of Malaya (UM)
November 6, 2009

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 2653-2669, 2009 

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In the competitive market, virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers. Nowadays, companies are heavily investing in virtual team to enhance their performance and competitiveness. Despite virtual teams growing prevalence, relatively little is known about this new form of team. Hence the study offers an extensive literature review with definitions of virtual teams and a structured analysis of the present body of knowledge of virtual teams. First, we distinguish virtual teams from conventional teams, different types of virtual teams to identify where current knowledge applies. Second, we distinguish what is needed for effective virtual team considering the people, process and technology point of view and underlying characteristics of virtual teams and challenges they entail. Finally, we have identified and extended 12 key factors that need to be considered, and describes a methodology focused on supporting virtual team working, with a new approach that has not been specifically addressed in the existing literature and some guide line for future research extracted.
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Keywords: Virtual team, Literature review, Effective virtual team
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Ale Ebrahim, Nader, Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari, Virtual Teams: A Literature Review (November 6, 2009). Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 2653-2669, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1501443
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Journal: Advanced Materials Research
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Page: 1653

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This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find an answer for a question “Is there any relationship between company size, Internet connection facility and virtuality?”. The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the infrastructure usage is less. SMEs now have the necessary technology to begin the implementation process of collaboration tools to reduce research and development (R&D) time, costs and increase productivity. So, the manager of R&D should take the potentials of virtual teams into account.
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