Presence of the Iranian Library and the Information Science Departments in ResearchGate

摘要

Current research intends to survey on the participation of the Iranian Library and the Information Science departments in ResearchGate as academic social networks. In this article, activities of Iranian faculty members of the Library and the Information Science departments, using special indicators of ResearchGate - RGScore, Impact Points, Publications, Citations and Reads were analysed. Findings indicated that 36 Iranian faculty members of the Library and the Information Science Departments from 14 Universities and Institutions are active in ResearchGate. Moreover, the findings revealed that the Library and the Information Science Department of Kharazmi University, Islamic Azad University, Iran Medical Sciences University, Islamic World Science Citation Center and Tehran University were top Iranian active LIS departments on ResearchGate based on RG Score and Impact Points indicators. Total 654 documents were shared in ResearchGate by Iranian faculty members of the Library and the Information Science departments in ResearchGate and articles, conference papers and books had the most representation in this section. Iranian faculty members H. Jamali and A.R. Noruzi have the best performance in ResearchGate based on indicators such as Publications, Citations and Reads.