Mohammad Reza Ghane

Date of Birth: 1959

Address:

Regional Information  Center for Science and Technology

Jame Jam st., Jomhoori Eslami Blvd., Shiraz, Iran

Postal code: 71946- 94171

Place of Birth: Shiraz

 

 

Email: ghane@ricest.ac.ir

 

 

Education

B. A. in English Literature, Shiraz University (1985)

 

M.S. in Library and Information Science, Shiraz University (1991)

 

Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, Tehran University (2007)

 

 

 

Books

Abstracts of the Theses of Shiraz University: Vol. 3, School of Agriculture, Shiraz: Regional Library of Science and Technology, 1998.

 

Abstracts of the Theses of Shiraz University: Vol. 4, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz: Regional Library of Science and Technology, 2000.

 

 Iranian Contemporary Scholars, Vol. 3, Medical Science Specialists. Part 1 (Hydrology, Anesthesia), Regional Library of Science and Technology, 2001.

 

Iranian Contemporary Scholars, Vol. 3, Medical Science Specialists. Part 2 (Radiology, Microbiology), Shiraz: Regional Library of Science and Technology, 2002, E-book.

 

Statistical Methods for Information professional: a practical, painless approach to understanding, using and interpreting statistics. Tehran: Chapar, 2005. (Translation)

 

 

 

Articles

Artificial Intelligence in Different Sciences. Scientific Information ,1995. Vol. 10, No. 4., 37-43.

 

Training Librarians and Managers of Information Resources, 1994. Faslnameye Ketab, Fall and Winter.

 

Transforming Databases, Information, 1997. Vol. 13, No. 2, 36-42.

 

Scientists, Seeking Information and Reference Services, 1998.Information. Vol. 13, No. 3 & 4.

 

Databanks of Encyclopedia, Library and Information Science, 2002. Tehran: National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

Four Concepts-Four Idioms, 2004. Informatics, Vol. 1.

 

E- Archive: A New Approach to Scholarly Communications, Informatics, 2004, Vol. 2.

 

Digital Reference Services in University Libraries, 2004. Ketabdari, Vol. 42.

 

Correlation of Self-citation and Impact Factor in Scientific Journals of Medical Sciences in Persian Journals Citation Reports, 2009.  Health Information Management, Vol. 8, No. 1.

 

Scientific Products of the Islamic Country Members of OIC in Social Sciences between 2006-2008 in SCOPUS and its Relationship with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) , 2009. Rahyaft, Vol. 45.

 

A Survey of Open Access Barriers to Scientific Information: Providing an Appropriate Pattern for Scientific Communication in Iran (2006). The Gray Journal, 2 (1).

 

Self-Citation in PJCR’s Engineering Journal and their Significance in Determining Impact Factor. 2002-2006 (2010). International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), 8(1).

 

To What Extent are Highly Cited Papers influenced by author self-citation?: a comparison between Iran and Turkey(2011). IJISM, 9(1).

 

 

 

Seminars

Information and Scientific Research: Role of the Regional Library of Science and Technology in Satisfying Scientists’ Information Needs. National Seminar of Investigating the Methods and Techniques Used for Education and Research in Social Sciences. 1995, Tehran.

 

Utilizing Modern Information Technology in Learning Librarianship and Medical Sciences Information, the Fourth Seminar of Librarianship and Medical Sciences Information, 1996.

 

Criteria of journals’ reception in ISI: status of scientific- specialized journals of Iran. Isfahan University, 2007.

 

How to use of English journals E- database. Shiraz university, 2007.

 

 

Lectures

Open Access Resources: Opportunities and Challenges. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. 2006.

 

Open Access to Scientific Information and the Journal Price Crisis, Azad University of Marvdasht. Shiraz. 2006.

 

Familiarity with Open Access Movement, Office of Research Affairs of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2006.

 

Familiarity with Islamic World Science Citation Center database: Persian Journals Citation Reports, Library and Information Science Association,  2008.

 

An international seminar of familiarity with Islamic World Science Citation Center and its subsystems, Tehran, 2009.

 

 

 

International Conferences

RLST’s Digital Library Program. International Conference on Digital Library, New Delhi, 24-27 Feb. 2004.

 

Open Access Movement: A New Pattern in Scholarly Communication. Tehran. International Workshop on Scientometrics, Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17-19, 2004.

 

A Survey of Open Access Barriers to Scientific Information: Providing an Appropriate Pattern for Scientific Communication in Iran. 7th International Conference on Grey Literature: Open Access to Grey Resources. Nancy, France, 5-6 Dec. 2005.

 

Self-Citation in PJCR’s Engineering Journals and their Significance in Determining Impact Factor during 2002-2006. Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informatics and Scientometrics (WIS), & Ninth COLLNET Meeting 28 July- 1 August, 2008, Berlin, Germany.

 

 

Research Projects

Design and Management of the Database for Articles of Persian Periodicals.

 

Design and Management of the Database of Iran’s Research Projects.

 

Designing the Database for General and Specialized Theses of the School of Medical Sciences of Shiraz University.

 

Evaluating Websites of Universities and Research Centers of Iran.

 

Investigation, identification and evaluation of characteristics of Iranian peer reviewed journals.

 

 

Workshops

Several Training Workshops in Iranian and Foreign Universities on the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) and its Substructures since 2006.

 

Workshop on Writing Scientific Articles. Aban, Shiraz, 2009.

 

 

Administrative and Scientific Activities

Vice Chancellor in Research Affairs of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology.

 

Vice Chancellor in Administrative and Finantial Affairs of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology .

 

Director of Research Affairs of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology.

 

Person in Charge of the Workshop of Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Scientific Information of Iranian Universities (Office of Funding and Research Services, Office of Research Affairs, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology).

 

Person in Charge of the Workshop of Open Access to Scientific Information. Office of Research Affairs, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (At present).

 

Head of the Workshop of Information Management and Libraries in the Universities and Research Centers of the South Region Union.

 

Member of UNESCO National Committee.

 

Managing editor of Internationa Journal of Information, Science and Management.

 

Member of editorial board of Information Society Journal.

 

Member of Research Council of ISC

 

 

 

Membership in Scientific Societies

Member of the Library and Information Science Board of Directors.

 

Vice Chancellor of the Library and Information Science Society of Fars Province.