Volume 21 (2023)
Volume 20 (2022)
Volume 19 (2021)
Volume 18 (2020)
Volume 17 (2019)
Volume 16 (2018)
Volume 15 (2017)
Volume 14 (2016)
Volume 13 (2015)
Volume 12 (2014)
Volume 11 (2013)
Volume 10 (2012)
Volume 9 (2011)
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Volume 1 (2003)
Altmetric Indices in the Field of Oncology: Journal Level

Elaheh Hosseini; Samira Falsafi

Volume 21, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 39-65

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijism.2023.1977905.0

Abstract
  The study aims to analyze altmetric indices at the journal level in the field of oncology and also examine the relationship between altmetric indicators and citation-based indicators of the journals. The study includes an analytical approach. Altmetric indices were exported from Altmetric Explorer database, ...  Read More

Does Altmetric Attention Score of Articles on Diabetes Mellitus Correlate with their Citations in Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science and Dimensions?

Maryam Esmaeilzadeh; Shokoufeh Bonakdaran; Heidar Mokhtari; Ali Ouchi

Volume 21, Issue 2 , April 2023, , Pages 127-139

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijism.2023.1977844.0

Abstract
  This applied altmetric study aimed to analyze the presence of highly-cited documents on diabetes mellitus in online social media and correlate their altmetric attention scores with their received citation counts. Twenty thousand highly-cited documents on diabetes mellitus were identified in Scopus and ...  Read More

Distribution Patterns of Cyberbullying in Social Media using Social Network Analysis

Antonius Pratama; Andi Emanuel; Yulius Harjoseputro

Volume 21, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 347-361

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijism.2022.1977532.0

Abstract
  Social media, widely known by the public, has become one of the tools to facilitate written expressions in daily life. The adoption individuals from various backgrounds use this technology, ranging from children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Social media positively influences human life, but ...  Read More

Social Media for Information Dissemination among Students

De-Graft Johnson Dei; Linda Anane-Donkor; Frimpong Okyere

Volume 20, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 123-139

Abstract
  Social media usage trends have established a drastic jump from 5% in 2005 to 72% in 2021. This study, therefore, sought to investigate the extent to which social media is being used to facilitate information dissemination by students in Ghanaian Universities. The Uses and gratifications theory (UGT) ...  Read More

Misinfodemic and cyberchondria experiences among Indians during COVID-19 pandemic

Vysakh C; Dr Rajendra Babu H

Volume 20, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 257-276

Abstract
  The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled the surge of various kinds of misinformation, hoax, conspiracy theories and rumours which have challenged the health systems all over the globe. The present study explored how Indians responded to the Misinfodemic, as a notice as well as an information ...  Read More

The Audience's Use of Social Media to Obtain Health Information and Gratification / Field Study

Afnan Mohammed Shaban

Volume 20, Issue 1 , January 2022

Abstract
  The research is concerned with studying the audience's use of social media in obtaining health information and their satisfaction. It aims to determine the hours of public use of social media, know the level of information, and know the level of health knowledge of the audience from social media. An ...  Read More

Vaccinating Users against the Hypodermic Needle Theory of Social Media: Libraries and Improving Media Literacy

Jafar Mehrad; Zohre Eftekhar; Marzieh Goltaji

Volume 18, Issue 1 , February 2020, , Pages 17-24

Abstract
  The hypodermic needle theory is a prominent theory in social media that affects the understanding, attitudes, and behavior of individuals. In this viewpoint, media is a powerful and dangerous source because the user or audience is vulnerable against the effect of a certain message. In this study, we ...  Read More