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 and Jahan Nama,M R . (2008). Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi. (e21164). Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 40(46), e21164
MLA
Tasviri Ghamsari,F , and Jahan Nama,M R . "Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi" .e21164 , Academic Librarianship and Information Research, 40, 46, 2008, e21164.
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), e21164.
CHICAGO
F Tasviri Ghamsari and M R 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): e21164,
VANCOUVER
Tasviri Ghamsari F, Jahan Nama M R. Citation Analysis of Articles Published by the Engineering Research Institute of Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi. Acad. Librariansh. Info. Res.. 2008;40(46):e21164 (In Persian).
