ResearchGate Altmetric scores and Scopus bibliometric indicators among lecturers
Performance Measurement and Metrics
ISSN: 1467-8047
Article publication date: 13 November 2020
Issue publication date: 23 December 2020
Abstract
Purpose
Many researchers in ResearchGate (RG) engage in scholarly activity and share research findings. The researchers' activities in this social network may increase the probability of their works being cited. Thus, this study aims to examine the status of RG indices and the Scopus citation indicators of the allied medical sciences lecturers and their association with their academic rankings.
Design/methodology/approach
A cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study was performed. As a first step, the names of all 50 lecturers at the School of Allied Medical Sciences were searched through RG to find all the lecturers with profiles. Then, the h-index as well as the number of citations by them were extracted from Scopus. Spearman's correlation coefficient test was performed to explore the association of the RG score with the Scopus citation indicators and the academic rankings of the lecturers.
Findings
The findings demonstrated that there is a statistically significant relationship between the RG indices (except the question and answer indices) and the Scopus citation indicators with the academic rankings of the lecturers (p-value < 0.01).
Originality/value
Knowledge of the significant relationship between the RG indices and the Scopus citation indicators may encourage the lecturers to make more efforts to be active on RG. Furthermore, policymakers can encourage their researchers and lecturers to be more active in this scientific social network, which could lead to promoting the university rankings in the global and national rankings systems.
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Acknowledgements
This research has been funded by the School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (project number 21269).
Citation
Nasibi-Sis, H., Valizadeh-Haghi, S. and Shekofteh, M. (2021), "ResearchGate Altmetric scores and Scopus bibliometric indicators among lecturers", Performance Measurement and Metrics, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 15-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/PMM-04-2020-0020
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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