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  1 - Qualitative and quantitative study of free English e-journals for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering sciences and Art & Architecture
  Farshid Danesh Alireza Isfandyari Moghaddam Abolfazl Taheri Marzieh Saeedizadeh
  Purpose: this study aims to determine the most valid free e-journals in English for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering sciences and Art & Architecture in 2013. Methodology: After determination of free e-journals for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering scien More

  Purpose: this study aims to determine the most valid free e-journals in English for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering sciences and Art & Architecture in 2013. Methodology: After determination of free e-journals for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering sciences and Art & Architecture in English  from DOAJ, by using a checklist and a qualitative approach all this  1141 journals were evaluated. Then, internet address of selected 819 journals was Survey in order to determine backlinks (in-links) by "Majestic SEO". Also, the revised web impact factor was calculated. Findings: The findings of this study showed that 71.77 percent of English e-journals are qualified. Backlinks analysis indicates that the core journal of Agriculture is "Nutrition Journal". Core journal in engineering sciences include: "The International Arab Journal of Information Technology"; core journals in Art & Architecture include: "International Journal of Design". Base on revised web impact factor, "EFSA Journal "is top journal in Agriculture; "International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences" is top journal in in Engineering; "The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies" is the best journal in Art & Architecture. Also, the results showed that there is positive correlation between revised web impact factor and in-links. Results: The results of this research can assist researchers and research administrators in universities in order to identify the most valid free e-journals in English for disciplines in Agriculture, Engineering sciences and Art & Architecture. Also, libraries through managing free e-journal, can save user’s time and cost. Manuscript profile
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  2 - The Evaluation of Islamic Azad University Website System and the Status of The Islamic Azad University Marvdasht Branch in this System
  Hojjat Baghban Seyad Rasoul Toudar Zeynab Sam Daliri Alireza Naseri Malvani
  The present research intends to examine Islamic Azad University websites by analyzing five indices of webometrics including traffic statistics, visibility factor, size of website, design and number of scientific files available on site (PDF). The research method was an More

  The present research intends to examine Islamic Azad University websites by analyzing five indices of webometrics including traffic statistics, visibility factor, size of website, design and number of scientific files available on site (PDF). The research method was an applied one using webometrics method. Data analysis was done through Excel Software and webometrics method. The statistical population included the websites of all Islamic Azad University Branches and 66 ones were selected among them as statistical sample. In These websites, personal computer was loaded by the use of webometric methods. The results showed that Science and Research Tehran Branch, Central organization of Islamic Azad University, and Karaj Branch were ranked the highest and Kerman, Khoy and Mobarake Branch were ranked the lowest respectively. Among the 66 websites, %50 was registered in Webometrics database. The website of Science and Research Tehran Branch was ranked the first among all branch of Islamic Azad University. Among 12000 world universities registered in webometrics database, Science and Research Tehran branch was ranked 3062, and Marvdasht Branch took the place 8749. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Webometrics and evaluation of Iranian digital libraries
  Moujan Moaref sudabeh Shapoori hajar zaree Shahram Salavati
  Objective: The main purpose of this study is to determine the visibility status of Iranian digital libraries. Method: This study was conducted by link analysis and survey statistics of Iranian digital libraries and the research is evaluative. The present article examine More

  Objective: The main purpose of this study is to determine the visibility status of Iranian digital libraries. Method: This study was conducted by link analysis and survey statistics of Iranian digital libraries and the research is evaluative. The present article examines the rankings of Yahoo, Google, Alexa, rankings among Iranian sites, and the links received by Iranian digital libraries. Fifty eligible digital libraries with the right software, information resources, and official library setup make up the potential research community. Descriptive statistics indicators in Excel software have been used to analyze the data. Results: The research findings showed that only 9 libraries were identified by measuring the validity of the Digital Libraries website with the Yahoo PageRank factor. And the digital library of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship of the University of Tehran have obtained the first rank among the sites inside Iran and the global rank among the statistical population of the research. Allameh Tabatabai University's digital library also ranks first among Yahoo. Conclusion: The present study has determined the position of digital libraries in Iran and the world. Overall, a high percentage of the digital library websites under study did not have a strong international presence, indicating the weaknesses of these websites. Lack of English and young web pages, lack of Iranian digital libraries are the main reasons for the weak presence of Iranian digital libraries on the web. The use of a combination of appropriate promotion and effective human factors can be effective in improving the condition of these libraries. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Ranking and determining the core websites of Islamic Azad University's comprehensive and state branches using webometrics method
  alireza isfandyari moghadam farshid danesh faramarz sohili
  This research mainly aims to investigate visibility, Web Impact Factor (WIF), and the collaboration rate of the websites of 36 Iranian Islamic Azad Universities which are comprehensive or located in centers of provinces. The current method applied in this type of resear More

  This research mainly aims to investigate visibility, Web Impact Factor (WIF), and the collaboration rate of the websites of 36 Iranian Islamic Azad Universities which are comprehensive or located in centers of provinces. The current method applied in this type of research is the process of link analysis, which is a webometrics method. In this process, "in-links", "self-links", and "co-links" of the websites under study were summed and then cluster and multiple dimensional scaling were applied. To collect needed data Yahoo subject directory was utilized. The research findings indicated that websites of South Tehran with 2710 in-links, Karaj with 2560 in-links, and Tabriz with 1350 in-links were the most visited sites; the websites belonging to Khorram-Abad (10.34381) and Khorasgan (0.188561) made the most and the least revisited WIF, respectively; the websites belonging to Khorram-Abad (10.57303) and Khorasgan (0.212915) made the most and the least total WIF, respectively. It is notable that 10 websites were chosen as core websites. According to findings, it is necessary that website managers and designers outline plans for the improvement of the quality and content of their websites, recognizing the factors required by the website in order to attract links. Finally, some recommendations for the improvement of the websites, and some further research have been indicated. Manuscript profile
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  5 - A survey on visibility, impact and co links of the branches of Islamic Azad University websites
  Ali Mardaninezhad Faramarz Soheili Farshid Danesh
  Purpose: This research aims to investigate visibility, Web Impact Factor (WIF), total links and size of the websites of the Islamic Azad Universities (IAU). Methodology: In this research we used webometrics methods specially link analysis. All 176 websites belonging to More

  Purpose: This research aims to investigate visibility, Web Impact Factor (WIF), total links and size of the websites of the Islamic Azad Universities (IAU). Methodology: In this research we used webometrics methods specially link analysis. All 176 websites belonging to the IAU which were in a period of one month were reviewed through Yahoo. Findings: The research results indicated that “Lenjan branch.” with 5440 in- links, “Nour abad mamsani branch.” with 4280 and “South Tehran branch.” with 3290 in-links.  “Sarvan branch”, “Lenjan branch” and “Khoram abad branch.” had the highest WIF among Islamic Azad Universities (IAU). Conclusion: Results analysis indicated that web designers in these universities must identify how to attract links and web traffic in order to promote the quality and content of websites. However، the ultimate success of a website was dependent upon factors such as quality، size، language، and the approximate age of a website which was not limited to one or two factors. Manuscript profile
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  6 - How are flows of information in Iranian network of universities’ websites? Examining small world theory in network of top Iranian’s universities
  Hamzeali Nourmohamadi Abdolsamad Keramatfar Leila Soleymaniardakani
  Purpose: Small world is on the theories in the field of social network analysis and consists of clusters that are globally connected. This situation in a network leads to a network of appropriate flow of information among network members, which can increase network prod More

  Purpose: Small world is on the theories in the field of social network analysis and consists of clusters that are globally connected. This situation in a network leads to a network of appropriate flow of information among network members, which can increase network productivity. On this basis, this paper aims to investigate the situation in the network of top Iranian universities websites. Methodology: The study is in the field of Webometrics with an analysis of the country's top universities web sites network using indicators of network. Top 199 universities of the Iran and SID is Statistical Society. Analysis performed by Webanalyst and Pajek applications. Findings: The highest numbers of incoming links is 45 for university of Tehran and the minimum value is zero. Maximum output links are 147 for Scientific Information Center website. Finally, the small world indicator is equal to 7.685085. Conclusion: Results show that small world network model exists in the network. So, a good structure of communication among academic websites has been established. Manuscript profile
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  7 - Assessment of scientific presence of Middle East countries in web; A new Approach
  Hamzeali Nourmohamadi Abdolsamad Keramatfar
  Objective: Presence of scientific sources in web can be used in scientific assessment. The main aim of the paper is to investigate  the presence of Middle East countries in terms of the Rich files in web and examine correlation with the number of document of these More

  Objective: Presence of scientific sources in web can be used in scientific assessment. The main aim of the paper is to investigate  the presence of Middle East countries in terms of the Rich files in web and examine correlation with the number of document of these countries in Scopus. Methodology: Since the mid-1990s, a new research area called webometrics based on bibliometric and informetrics methods has been created. Webometrics is the quantitative analysis of the web phenomenon employing methods of informetrics. This paper is in the field of Webometrics and has done with adaptive comparison method, in addition correlation test has done by SPSS19 on Middle east countries. Findings: The results of this article illustrate that Turkey has the highest number of Rich Files in CEE Countries followed by Israel and Iran. These countries appear in order, Israel, turkey, Iran in ranking based on the number of documents in Scopus. Finally, it was concluded that the correlation between ranking of Middle East countries based on Rich Files and ranking of Middle East countries based on scientific documents in Scopus is significant at the 0.01 level and the correlation coefficient is .921. Conclusion: It signifies that ranking based on Rich files for Middle East countries is valid. Manuscript profile