Investigating the increase of effectiveness of Iranian Journals’ articles indexed by Scopus through altmetric

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Marzieh Golchin ¹ , Ali reza Isfandyari-Moghaddam ² , Zohreh Mirhosseini ³ , Ali Akbar Famil Rohani ⁴ , atefeh zarei ⁵

1 - PhD.D.Candidate in Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan,
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant professor, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Hamedan, Iran
5 - Faculty member of Department of Library and Information Science, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Iran

Received: 2020-10-18 Accepted : 2020-11-01 Published : 2020-04-20

Keywords: Social networks, Altmetric, Article Sharing, Article Level Index, Effectiveness Indicators, Iranian Journals,

Abstract :

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sharing Iranian journal articles indexed in Scopus database on social media from 2010 to 2018 on the effectiveness indicators of articles. In this study, the predictive power of articles has been investigated through indicators of metamorphosis in social networks. Method: The present study is a correlational study and has been done using metamorphic indicators. The research populations include articles in Iranian journals indexed in Scopus. Altmetric Explorer and Scopus databases were used to collect research data in the period 2010-2018. Data were also analyzed using inferential statistics methods to answer research questions in SPSS software and Microsoft Excel. Results: The results of Spearman rank correlation test showed a statistically significant and positive relationship between metamorphic activity indices and the effectiveness of journals. The predictive power of metamorphic variables was different for effectiveness indicators. Conclusion: The present study showed that with increasing sharing of articles in Iranian journals indexed by Scopus in social networks, the visibility and effectiveness indicators of journals will increase.