University of Tehran Press Academic Librarianship and Information Research 2783-4638 40 46 2008 09 22 Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi 21164 FA Fatemeh Tasviri Ghamsari Mohammad Reza Jahan Nama Journal Article 1970 01 01 Purpose: Using citation analysis of articles published by researchers of the Engineering Research Institute (1991-2005), the current papers examines information seeking behavior of researchers. . Methodology: For this reason, 3642 citations were extracted from 547 articles published by the researchers Applying Bradford's Law of Scattering to the cited periodicals, the most used periodicals were identified. Findings: Results showed that the highest rate of citation was 45.5% belonging to periodicals. About 90.5 percent of citations were in English. Patents with 16/5 years and electronic resources with 2.1 years had the highest and the lowest half-life respectively. Purpose: Using citation analysis of articles published by researchers of the Engineering Research Institute (1991-2005), the current papers examines information seeking behavior of researchers. . Methodology: For this reason, 3642 citations were extracted from 547 articles published by the researchers Applying Bradford's Law of Scattering to the cited periodicals, the most used periodicals were identified. Findings: Results showed that the highest rate of citation was 45.5% belonging to periodicals. About 90.5 percent of citations were in English. Patents with 16/5 years and electronic resources with 2.1 years had the highest and the lowest half-life respectively. https://jlib.ut.ac.ir/article_21164_10a4ca05aa212f04fbdc9001ac545675.pdf