چکیده:
In this research, the citations received by DOAJ’s journals from the ISI Web
of Science’s articles in 2003 to 2008 were studied and compared. The citations
received by the journals in five fields (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Pure
Sciences, Technology & Engineering, and Health & Medical Sciences) as well
as the difference among the citations received by DOAJ’s journals in the abovementioned
five fields were examined. The research method is citation analysis
and the research data have been collected by means of Cited Reference Search in
the ISI Web of Science. The English-language journals in DOAJ were chosen,
and no sampling was used. Findings showed that out of 2953 journals, 321
journals (10.87%) received citations, and the total citations received by these
journals were 19050 with the mean of 6.45 per journal; the journals in Pure
Sciences received most citations (10116 citations, equal to 53.1%), and the ones
in Arts & Humanities received the least citations (701 citations, equal to 3.68%).
On the other hand, the findings of Chi-Square test (2) indicate that there is a
significant difference among the citations in the above-mentioned five fields.
خلاصه ماشینی:
(2007) after dividing selected subjects into 3 groups- the first group (Physics, Mathematics, Chemical Engineering), the second group (Economics, Environmental Sciences, and Biology), and the third group (Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology), found that open access articles in Biology and Economics received almost half of all citations (25.
Kousha & Thelwall (2007) after selecting the English-language journals in 2001, in the subjects of Education, Psychology, Sociology, and Economics, analyzed 1530 citations received by 492 scholarly articles from 44 open access journals in Social Sciences.
Is there a significant difference among the citations received by DOAJ's journals in terms of the above-mentioned five fields (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Health & Medical Sciences)?
Is there a significant difference among the citations received by DOAJ's journals in terms of the above-mentioned five fields (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Pure Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Health & Medical Sciences)?
00l Table14 Findings for Chi -Square Test {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Conclusion Generally, it can be concluded that researchers cited open access journals in the field of Pure Sciences more than the other four fields, and the citations received by the journals in the two fields of Pure Sciences and Health & Medical Sciences is considerably more than the fields of Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Technology & Engineering.
of Science's articles; however, Kousha & Thelwall (2007) who studied Google's citations to 44 open access journals in these four subjects found that 1530 citations were received by these journals.