A Study on the Status, Citation Analysis, and Altmetric Indices of Journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Background: Journals are regarded as the most important media for transferring knowledge and research results, accordingly their promotion is conditioned by continuous evaluation and improvement of performance. The present study aimed to determine the status, citation analysis, and altmetric indices of journals published by Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by a descriptive approach with scientometric and citation analysis methods in 2019. The statistical population consisted of 5 journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Data collection tool was a researcher-made checklist consisting of 28. Altmetric indices of journals were also evaluated. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics; and the results were presented in diagrams and tables. Results: All the studied journals had all "publication requirements. Only one journal had the requirement, "at least half of editorial board should be outside of the publication". Moreover, 37 percent of 105 editorial board members in the under examined journals had extra-organizational affiliation and only 8 percent were from abroad. The articles of "Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences” was the most-cited article regarding citation bases. Conclusions: Journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences need to revise their structures, especially for editorial board members namely being international, having an organizational affiliation outside the university, as well as the presence of editorial board members with further research activity and background

A Study on the Status, Citation Analysis, and Altmetric Indices of Journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Background: Journals are regarded as the most important media for transferring knowledge and research results, accordingly their promotion is conditioned by continuous evaluation and improvement of performance. The present study aimed to determine the status, citation analysis, and altmetric indices of journals published by Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by a descriptive approach with scientometric and citation analysis methods in 2019. The statistical population consisted of 5 journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Data collection tool was a researcher-made checklist consisting of 28. Altmetric indices of journals were also evaluated. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics; and the results were presented in diagrams and tables. Results: All the studied journals had all "publication requirements. Only one journal had the requirement, "at least half of editorial board should be outside of the publication". Moreover, 37 percent of 105 editorial board members in the under examined journals had extra-organizational affiliation and only 8 percent were from abroad. The articles of "Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences” was the most-cited article regarding citation bases. Conclusions: Journals of Golestan University of Medical Sciences need to revise their structures, especially for editorial board members namely being international, having an organizational affiliation outside the university, as well as the presence of editorial board members with further research activity and background

The mediating role of spiritual health in the relationship between dark personality traits and tendency to cyber bullying in high school students

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of spiritual health in the relationship between dark personality traits and tendency to cyberbullying in high school students. It was a descriptive correlational research based on the structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of the research was made up of all 658 male students of the first secondary school of the ninth grade in 5 public schools of Babol city in the academic year of 2023. In this research, to determine the sample size according to the number of observed variables and assigning a coefficient of 30 (7 observed variables in the model), and taking into account the possibility of incomplete questionnaires, 250 people were selected as the sample size using the available method. The research tools included the questionnaire of cyber victimization-bullying experience questionnaire of Antoniadou et al. (2016), the scale of three dark personality traits of Janason & Webster (2010) and the spiritual health questionnaire of Paloutzian & Ellison (1982). Data analysis was done by structural equation method based on regression equations. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between dark personality traits and spiritual health with the tendency to cyber bullying in first secondary school students and the research model was confirmed and in general 46% of the tendency to cyber bullying was caused by dark personality traits and spiritual health in First secondary students can be explained. Also, the variables of dark personality traits and spiritual health have a significant direct effect on the tendency to cyber bullying in first secondary school students, and the indirect path of dark personality traits with the mediation of spiritual health on the tendency to cyber bullying in first secondary school students was confirmed. This research provides practical implications for psychologists and counselors regarding the role of cognitive and spiritual factors in students' tendency towards cyber bullying