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Key-title in original characters |
پژوهشنامه کتابداری و اطلاعرسانی |
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Title Proper |
Pizhūhish/nāmah-i kitābdārī va iṭṭilā̒/rasānī |
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Parallel Title |
Library and Information Science Research |
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Online ISSN |
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Website |
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infosci@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir |
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Language of articles |
Persian |
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Frequency |
Semiannual |
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Publisher |
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with the collaboration of |
Iranian Information Management Association |
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Editor-in-Chief |
Dr. Mohsen Nowkarizi |
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Status |
Active |
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Type of review |
Double blind peer review |
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Document Identifier Type |
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About Journal
The journal of “Library and Information Science Research” is a scientific-research journal that operates under the authority of a publishing license granted by the "Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance". The first issue of this journal has been published as “Library and Information Science Research” too. The material and intellectual property of this journal are owned by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. In 2011, this journal has been published separately from the journal“Educational and Psychological Studies”.
The journal of “Library and Information Science Research” is a biannual journal in Persian, that publishes extended English abstract. In accordance with license number 105032/11/3/19 issued by the “Scientific Publications Commission” on 12th ofApril, 1389, the journal has scientific and research validity.
Audience
The journal's target audience is researchers, university professors, librarians, information science specialists, students of information science and epistemology, and other related fields (computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and the like).
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
This journal does not charge any fees for submitting and reviewing articles. However, if the article is accepted, the author(s) must pay six million rials online to cover part of the article's processing fees.
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal from the time of publishing which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without requiring prior permission from the publisher or author. This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Copyright
Copyright on any open access article in the Library and Information Science Research, is retained by the author(s).
Authors grant Ferdowsi University of Mashhad a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely, provided its integrity is maintained, and the original authors, citation details, and publisher are properly identified.
Licensing
The Library and Information Science Research is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
That means readers are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
Privacy statement
Personal information provided on this journal's website will be used solely for the journal's internal purposes and will not be shared with any other individuals or organizations.
Paper Plagiarism Checker
To prevent plagiarism, the journal of “Library and Information Science Research” uses the Samimnoor and Plagiarism check report (provided by Irandoc) system to check the similarity of Persian articles submitted to the journal. For English abstracts, the journal uses the iThenticate system for plagiarism checks. If the similarity percentage is greater than 15%, the article will be withdrawn from the review process.
Digital Preservation Policy
Website Archiving
To ensure the long-term availability of journal articles, the journal archives two copies of each article. One copy is available online on the journal's website in PDF format for readers. The journal also support backup copy of each manuscript on the journal system. If a problem occurs on the journal's website that results in the loss of the manuscript, the backup copy can be quickly restored and the manuscript republished online on the journal website within 24-36 hours. Additionally, a PDF copy of all journal manuscripts are archived in the “Iran Scientific Journals System” , Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute & Portico to provide additional protection and long-term access.
Abstracting/Indexing
Key metadata and abstracts of the manuscripts published in the journal are indexed in various databases. Additionally, two of our journal's Abstracting/Indexing databases (ISC and Iran Scientific Journals System) preserve not only the article's metadata but also the complete PDF versions.
Self-Archiving
Authors are permitted to archive the final published version of their manuscripts in personal system or institutional repositories without delay upon publication.
Advertising
This Journal does not accept any advertising.
Direct marketing
There are no direct marketing activities in this journal.
Other revenue
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad as the publisher of the journal, financially supports this journal for each published issue by paying a defined budget according to its published annual rank in portal of “Scientific Journals of Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology”. The allocated budget includes those pertaining to setup and maintenance of the publication infrastructure, routine operation of the Journal, processing of manuscripts through peer-reviews, editing, publishing, maintaining the scholarly record, and archiving.
Ownership and Management
This journal is owned and managed by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in collaboration with the Iranian Information Management Association.
Advisory Body
The editorial board members are selected from among leading experts in the fields related to the journal’s scope.
Full details and institutional affiliations of the editorial board members are available on the journal’s website.
The list of members is regularly updated.
In cooperation with the publisher, the journal periodically reviews its editorial board to ensure the members remain relevant and appropriately qualified.