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.
Tasviri Ghamsari, F., & Jahan Nama, M. R. (2008). Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi. Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 40(46), -.
MLA
Fatemeh Tasviri Ghamsari; Mohammad Reza Jahan Nama. "Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi". Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 40, 46, 2008, -.
HARVARD
Tasviri Ghamsari, F., Jahan Nama, M. R. (2008). 'Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi', Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 40(46), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
Tasviri Ghamsari, F., Jahan Nama, M. R. Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi. Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 2008; 40(46): -.
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