BRIEF COMMUNICATION The Impact Factor’s Matthew Effect: A Natural Experiment in Bibliometrics

The meaning of the Impact Factor

The impact factor and other bibliometric indicators are currently utilized in most countries to evaluate institutions, scientific research, entire journals, and individual articles. This article addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about the impact factor and its application. The impact factor’s origin and methods of calculating it are examined. Also, discussed are the effects ...

The impact factor's Matthew effect: a natural experiment in bibliometrics

Since the publication of Robert K. Merton’s theory of cumulative advantage in science (Matthew Effect), several empirical studies have tried to measure its presence at the level of papers, individual researchers, institutions or countries. However, these studies seldom control for the intrinsic “quality” of papers or of researchers—“better” (however defined) papers or researchers could receive ...

BRIEF COMMUNICATION Bibliometric Evolution: Is the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Transforming Into a Specialty Journal?

Bibliometrics, Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing: Natural Synergies to Support Digital Library Research

Historically, researchers have not fully capitalized on the potential synergies that exist between bibliometrics and information retrieval (IR). Knowledge of regularities in information production and use, as well as citation relationships in bibliographic databases that are studied in bibliometrics, can benefit IR system design and evaluation. Similarly, techniques developed for IR and databas...

Effectiveness of solution-focused brief couple therapy in improvement of communication patterns and marital intimacy in women

The aim of current research was to investigate the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy in the improvement of communication patterns and marital intimacy among married women. This quasi-experimental research used pretest-posttest design with control group. The statistical population consisted of married women referred to the one of the health houses of Tehran city in 2015. A sample...