Images in Journals Published by the Iranian Department of Agriculture, 2001- 2008

Document Type : Research ŮŽ Article

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Researcher of Jahad Scientific Information Services (JSIS)

Abstract

Purpose: Identifying quantity of Images in Journals Published by the Iranian Department
of Agriculture, 2001- 2008
Design/Methodology/Approach: Survey and content analysis methods are employed. Issues
of 19 agricultural journal titles published by the Iranian Department of Agriculture
are counted, and their types, color, and size are recorded then analyzed using descriptive
statistics.
Findings: 22% of 4873 articles published in 422 issues had at least one image. Overall
6012 images were identified. Around 53% are colored. Microscopic images comprised
53% (3297 frames) of the total. Around 38% are medium in size.
Conclusion: The sheer number of images has increased, but not in proportion to the
number of articles. Correspondence to the citation rank (impact factor) of journals and
the number of articles with image is varied over years. Subject grouping of journals also
indicates that the ratio of papers with images in medicine and botanical sciences journals
is higher.

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