Journal of Science and Technology Metrics

Journal Metrics for the Identification of Core Knowledge of Journal: A Case Study on Plos One

Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Maryam Derakhshan, Mohammad H. Nekoofar
Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran & Department of International Office, Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran & Associate Professor, Director of Internationa

Abstract: Scientific output of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) has been decreased and increased during recent years as reflected in Scopus database. A total number of articles under TUMS affiliations reviewed and analyzed, then compared with other universities. The results showed that the number of publications of most universities in Plos One, a multidisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal, dramatically increased. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a scientometric analysis of the body of literature contained in Plos One, a peer-reviewed journal, to advance our understanding of the body of knowledge in this journal. However, Plos One journal publishes a large number of articles in different fields, e.g. Clinical Medicine (almost, 54000) and expected to grow in the future. Researchers need to become aware of and use knowledge of journals that might tend to accept more papers. A number of articles published in this journal was carefully reviewed and subjected to scientometric data analysis techniques. The most influential articles were selected and their cited and citing works were scientometrically analyzed.

Keywords: Journal Metrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Scientometric Techniques, Scientific Output Journal Metrics for the Identification of Core Knowledge of Journal: A Case Study on Plos One

DOI:https://doi.org/10.6025/jstm/2020/1/3/99-103

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