According to Mehrba news agency, citing SID University’s Jihad Scientific Information Center, the quartiles of keywords presented in scientific articles in specialized topic categories is a new tool to help identify the latest scientific topics in each specialized field.
After writing his article, every author has the most knowledge about his subject. Therefore, authors use keywords to briefly show the audience what the topic of their article is. Keywords express the topic of the article and its description by the author.
Some recommendations for the author to better choose the keyword of the article:
Consider the reader: Consider what keywords will make your audience better retrieve the article.
Use a clear keyword for the article: according to the topic of the article, choose keywords that are relevant and specific.
Use a variety of keywords: Use synonyms and phrases that readers use to retrieve articles.
Check keywords: Before you submit your article to a journal, search for them to see if they are relevant to the results.
Add keywords to other sections: Include keywords in all sections of your article, including the abstract and title.
Quartering Persian articles based on keywords
Due to the importance of keywords in articles and their retrieval, the SID University Jihad Scientific Information Center has divided Persian articles based on keywords since previous years. This means that the keywords of Persian articles are divided into four categories based on the age of publication.
First quarter (Q1): The keywords of the article are new in that subject area.
Second quadrant (Q2): The keywords of the article are relatively new in that subject area.
Third quadrant (Q3): The keywords of the article in that subject area are old.
Fourth quadrant (Q4): The keywords of the article are not new in that subject area.
The quartile of keywords, which stands for Quartile, is based on 153 subject areas approved by the Ministry of Science and Health.
After searching the SID database, the articles are sorted based on the relationship with the query you entered in the search box. On this page, you can choose the article you want. Note that the rating quartile is only applied to Persian magazine articles, which means that if the header of your article is blue, this quartile will be displayed for you. If the retrieved article is related to conferences or projects, there is no ranking quadrant in them.
After clicking on the article, its information will be displayed to you. After the title and author’s name, the keyword is placed. Next to the keyword there is a quadrant that shows you whether the topics in this article are new or not.
After you have seen the keywords and its quadrant, you can click on the title of the journal to see the subject area of the article. In this way, on the page of the journal, you can see the specialized group of the journal and the subgroup of the journal based on which the quartile has been applied.
Categorizing the keywords of Persian articles helps people in two ways:
1. Researchers can use the word ranking quartile to select new and up-to-date research topics in their subject area.
There are various tools for reviewing articles and keeping the research field up-to-date; But the scientific information center’s word ranking quartile is the only tool available in the Persian language that helps the researcher to ensure the up-to-dateness of his subject area.
2. Authors can use the word ranking quartile to better choose the keyword of their articles and increase the visibility of their articles.
Authors should do their best to choose the keywords of the article. Because keywords are the first step in communicating with the audience. The keyword ranking quadrant helps authors to check the keyword recency of their article and choose the best keyword for their article.
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