Performance Measurement and Metrics: Volume 22 Issue 1

Usability effectiveness of a federated search system for electronic theses and dissertations in Nigerian institutional repositories

Sadiat Adetoro Salau, F.P. Abifarin, J.A. Alhassan, S.J. Udoudoh

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usability effectiveness of a webware for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in Nigerian repositories. The webware…

ResearchGate Altmetric scores and Scopus bibliometric indicators among lecturers

Hamed Nasibi-Sis, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Maryam Shekofteh

Many researchers in ResearchGate (RG) engage in scholarly activity and share research findings. The researchers' activities in this social network may increase the probability of…

Analysis of global inequality in research outcome using the Gini coefficient

Jane Cho

This study attempts to prove the extent of the gaps in the academic ecosystem by using the Gini coefficient.

Bibliometric analysis of a controversial paper on predatory publishing

Panagiotis Tsigaris, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

In 2017, one study (Derek Pyne; Journal of Scholarly Publishing; DOI: 10.3138/jsp.48.3.137; University of Toronto Press) in the “predatory” publishing literature attracted global…

How far are the public university libraries in Bangladesh meeting students' expectations? – An analysis of service quality through LibQUAL+ core items

Md. Zahid Hossain Shoeb, S.M. Zabed Ahmed

The main aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which the major public university libraries in Bangladesh are meeting students' service expectations through analyzing…

Impact of academic libraries on grade point average (GPA): a review

Elizabeth A. Sterner

The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature to determine how academic librarians are measuring their libraries' institutional level impact on student success as…