Comparison of the Social Impact of Review Articles with Original Research Articles in the Field of Library and Information Science Indexed in WoS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the social impact of review articles with the original research articles in the field of Library and Information Science indexed in Web of Science. This research has been done in terms of the purpose of the applied type and in terms of methodology is survey with the Altmetric analysis approach. The study population in this study consists of review and original research articles in the field of Library amd Information Science. The results of the review of research questions showed that there is a significant difference between review articles and original research articles in terms of reading in Mendeley, sharing on Twitter, receiving citations in Wikipedia, and No significant differences between the reflection of review and original research articles in News media and policy. The results showed, the social impact of review articles was more than original research articles. So the results show the importance of review articles in the body of scientific publications. Accordingly, it is necessary for writers and researchers and subsequently scientific journals, realizing the importance of these articles in the development of science interactions with society, to pay more attention to their acceptance and publication.

Keywords: Library and Information Science; Social Impact; Review Article; Research Article; and Altmetric Indexes