Evaluation of faculty members Research performance at Bushehr University of Medical Sciences in Google Scholar during 2009-2013

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Khadijeh Shabankareh ¹ , Mitra Baghjannati ² , Ali Hamidi ³

1 - MSc in Medical Library and Information Sciences, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences,
2 - Msc in Medical library and Information Science, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
3 - Department of Library and Information Sciences, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

Received: 2017-05-02 Accepted : 2017-09-05 Published : 2017-12-22

Keywords: research performance, Scientific output, h-index, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Publish or Perish, G- index, Google Scholar,

Abstract :

Purpose: Considering the importance of scientific production in the ranking of universities and evaluation of faculty members as researchers who have most contribution in the scientific productions of universities, the present study examined the research performance of faculty members’ Bushehr University of Medical Sciences in Google Scholar in terms of quantity and quality. Methodology: This research is descriptive survey was conducted using citation analysis. The study sample is scientific outputs of all faculty members working at Bushehr University of Medical Sciences in 2014 (including 160), which is indexed in Google Scholar. Data were collected using publish or perish, a citation analysis software. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and descriptive indicators. Findings: The finding of this study showed that, 37/26% of the study population did not have any scientific Documents in Google Scholar and most of them (59/37%) had less than 20 Documents. Averaging 4/73 Documents for each of researcher was indexed in Google Scholar, and each person had received an average of 19/33 citation. The average number of citations per Document was also 1/83. Hirsch index average was equal to 1/45 and G-index was 1/2. Hirsch index and G-index were equal to zero for 48/12% of the study population. Conclusion: The present study indicates that the total number of documents, the total number of citations and Hirsh and G-index for the most researchers in this study are low. Low experience of the most researchers, language barriers and low international access to Persian documents are major reasons for this.

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