Kayvan Kousha – Web CV

Assistant Professor of Information Science University of Tehran Honorary Fellow of the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK kkoosha [at] ut.ac.ir Tel: 0098-21-88250062; Fax: 0098-21-88288602 Award of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Scholarship Iran's Hot Paper Award from the Iranian President (2009) Distinguished PhD. Dissertation Award (Univ. of Tehran)
My current research includes Web citation analysis and online scholarly impact assessment using Web-based quantitative and qualitative research methods. I have proposed and tested Web citation extraction methods (Web/URL citations) to capture and assess online formal and informal impact indictors from different types of web documents (especially Open Access journals). The underlying goal of my study is to assess whether the Web is a useful environment for impact assessment and scholarly communication research and to compare the results with traditional indicators such as ISI citations. For this purpose, I have used Google, Google Scholar and ISI citations as well as automatic analyses of online syllabuses and power point files as source of evidence for research impact.
In Process / Submitted Research S

1. Kousha, K. (in process). Looking for invisible intellectual Web impact indicators: How it may influence scholarly communication in the science and social sciences (UK study)

2. Kousha, K. The Role of Web Impact Indicators for Research Evaluation: The case study on Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology and Scientometrics

English Refereed Journal Papers

1. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (to appear, 2009). Google Book Search: Citation Analysis for Social Science and the Humanities, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology.

2. Kousha, K. (to appear, 2009). Characteristics of Open Access Web Citation Networks: A Multidisciplinary Study, Aslib Proceedings.

3. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2008). Assessing the Impact of Research on Teaching: An Automatic Analysis of Online Syllabuses in Science and Social Sciences, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 59(13):2060–2069, 2008.

4. Thelwall. M. & Kousha, K. (2008). Online Presentations as a Source of Scientific Impact?: An Analysis of PowerPoint Files Citing Academic Journals. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 59(5), 805 – 815.

5. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). The Web Impact of Open Access Social Science Research, Library and Information Science Research, 29 (4), 495–507.

6. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). How is Science Cited on the Web? A Classification of Google Unique Web Citations, Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 58 (11), 1631-1644.

7. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2007). Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: A Multi-Discipline Exploratory Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 58(7), 1055-1065.

8. Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (2007). Sources of Google Scholar citations outside the Science Citation Index: a comparison between four science disciplines, Scientometric, 74(8).

9. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2006). Motivations for URL citations to open access library and information science articles. Scientometrics, 68 (3), 50-517.

10. Aboli, M & Kousha, K. (2008). Web Citations vs. ISI/ Scopus Citations: Can Web be Better Indicator for Evaluation of Persian Medical Science Research. Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran,

11. Kousha, K. & Horri, H. (2004). The Relationship between Scholarly Publishing and the Counts of Academic Inlinks to Iranian University Web Sites: Exploring Academic Link Creation Motivations. Journal of Information Management and Scientometrics, 1(2), 13-22.

12. Kousha, K. (2005). Extracting Macroscopic Information from Sources of URL Citation to Scholarly Open Access Journals: A Webometrics Approach, IFLA Newsletter, June 2005.

13. Kousha, K. (2005).Webometrics and Scholarly Communication: An Overview, Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran (Faslenameh Ketab), 14(4),7-16.

14. Kousha, K. (2004). Experience of Librarians in Design and Development of the National  Web Directory of Iranian Sites, Iranhoo! Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Iran (Faslenameh Ketab), 14(4), 349-358.

15. Kousha, K. (1999). DVD: The Next Evolutionary Step for Publishing Multimedia Reference Sources. Online & CD-ROM Review, 23(4), 1999, 203-205.

English International Refereed Conference Papers

1. Kousha, K. & Rezaie, S. (2009). Integrated Online Impact (IOI) for Research Assessment: A Case Study on JASIST and Scientometrics. Fifth International Conference on
Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Tenth COLLNET Meeting 13-16 September , 2009, Dalian, China.

2. Kousha, K. & Thelwall. M. (2009). Google Book Search Citation as Impact Indicator: A Case Study on Information and Library Science Journal Articles. 12th International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics, Brazil (ISSI-2009).

3. Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2009). Citation Impact of the Open Access Agricultural Research: Comparison between OA and Non-OA Publications, 65th IFLA conference, Milan, Italy.

4. Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2009). Citation impact of open access IFLA Annual Conference papers: a methodological approach, 65th IFLA conference, Milan, Italy.

5. Kousha, K. (2008). Automatic Analysis of Online Syllabuses: A new e-Research Method to Investigate the Educational Impact of Research. 10th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, 17-20 September 2008, Vienna, Austria.

6. Kousha, K. and Abdoli. M. (2008) Subject Analysis of Online Syllabuses in Library and Information Science: Do Academic LIS Programs Match with Job Requirements, 2008, 64th IFLA conference, Quebec, Canada.

7. Kousha, K. (2008). Characteristics of Open Access Web Citation Networks: A Multidisciplinary Study, Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, , 29 July – 1 August, 2008, Berlin, Germany.

1. Kousha, K. & Thelwall, M. (2006). Sources of Google Scholar Citations outside the Science Citation Index: A Comparison between Four Science Disciplines. The 9th International Science& Technology Indicators Conference, 7-9 September 2006, Leuven, Belgium.

2. Kousha, K & Thelwall. M. (2006). Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: A Multi-Discipline Exploratory Analysis. The International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting in conjunction with the Extra Session on Information Visualization for Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, 10-12 May, 2006, Nancy, France.

3. Kousha, K & Thelwall. . (2005). M. Motivations for URL citations to open access library and information science articles. In: Proceedings of 10th International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), 24-28 July, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden.

4. Kousha, K. and Abbas H. (2004). Relationship between Scholarly Publishing and the Counts of Academic Inlinks to Iranian University Web Sites: Exploring Academic Link Creation Motivations. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics, March 2-5, 2004, New Delhi, India,

5. Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2005). Iran's National ICT Education Plan: an Overview of the Possibilities, Problems and the Programs. 70th IFLA General Conference and Council, August 22th - 27th 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Books (in Persian)

1. (2003). Kousha, K. Internet Search Tools: Skills for Searching in WWW. Ketabdar Publication, Tehran, 250p. (Including CD-ROM).

2. Liwen Vaughan. Statistical Methods for Information Professionals: a Practical, Painless Approach to Understanding Using and Interpreting Statistics, Information Today, 2000. Translated into Farsi by K. Kousha and M. Ghaneh, Chapar Publication, Tehran, 2005.

Long Encyclopedic Articles (Persian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science)

1. Webometrics, Vol. 2, p. 1864-1869.

2. Digital Libraries, Vol. 2, p. 1481-1491.

3. Hypermedia and Hypertext, Vol. 2, p. 1185-1188.

4. Multimedia, Vol. 1, p. 725-732.

5. Database and Databank, Vol. 1, p. 559-564.

6. Patents Information, Vol. 2, p. 576-573.

7. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Vol. 1, p. 92-95.

8. United Kingdom Libraries, Vol. 2, p. 359-364.

9. Information Super Highways, Vol. 2, p. 75-78.

10. Internet Search Tools, Vol. 2, p. 433-438.

11. Microprocessors, Vol. 1, p. 948

12. Telecommunication, Vol. 2, p. 137-140.

13. Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2, p. 1812-1823.

Persian Refereed Journal Articles

1. Kousha, K. (2008). Overlap between ISI and Google Scholar in Science disciplines, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 18(3), 213-234.

2. Kousha, K. & Abdoli, M. (2007). Application of Web Statistics for Determination of Preferred/NonA Case Study on UNESCO Thesaurus. Koliyat. Ketab Mah.

3. Kousha, K. (2006). Web citation new source for research evaluation. Rahyaft, No. 38. 6-15.

4. Kousha, K. ( 2006). Survey on ICT educational needs of LIS departments in the Iranian universities. Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 17(1), 35-52.

5. Kousha, K. (2006). What is Digital Library? A Popular Term with Vague Concept, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 63.

6. Kousha, K. (2006). Crisis on understanding the concept of the digital library. Ketab-Mah, 7(12). 12-19.

7. Kousha, K. (2004). Calculating the Web Impact Factor of Iranian Newspapers Web Sites. Journal of Informology. 1(2), 85-114.

8. Kousha, K. (2004). Application of Expert Systems and IA in Information Retrieval. Journal of Informology, 1(3).

9. Kousha, K. (2004) Comparing Internet Search Tools with Persian Interface. Ketabdar Electronic Journal, 2(2), Available: http://www.ketabdar.org/magazine/detailarticle.asp?number=25 

10. Kousha, K. (2003). Criteria for Evaluation of Search Engines Performance. Journal of Informology. 1(1), 77-106.

11. Kousha, K. (2003). Added values of publication of books on Internet. Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 14(1), 121-134.

12. Kousha, K. (2001). The Role of Iran on Dissemination of Cultural Information About Itself: a Content Analysis Approach, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 12(2), 104-122.

13. Kousha, K. (2000). How to Cite Electronic Information Sources. Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 11(1), 103-124.

14. Kousha, K. (1998). Virtual Museums in WWW: Towards Ancient Iran's Digital Collection, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 20(4), 63-69.

15. Kousha, K. (1997). Using Multimedia Reference Material in Reference Desk. . Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 8(2), 73-92.

 Persian Refereed Conference Papers

1. Kousha, K. (2007). Application of Web Statistics for Determination of Preferred/Non-Preferred Relations: A Case Study on UNESCO Thesaurus. National Conference on Application of Thesauri in the Electronic Environment, 15 November 2007, Iran, Qom.

2. Kousha, K. (2007). Web citation: New source for impact assessment of medical science research, The First National Scientometrics Conference on Medical Sciences, Isfahan Medical Science University.

3. Kousha, K. (2002). The effect of designing web directories on dissemination of cultural and social information of Iran, National Conference on Iranology, Iranology Foundation, Tehran.

4. Kousha, K. (2002).  Iranhoo: The experience of designing a national Persian web directory, Seminar of Iranian Library and Information Science Association, Tehran.

5. Kousha, K. (2001). Internet Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities for Iranian Publishers, International Conference on Information and Culture, The Second International Conference on Information and Culture, Tehran

6. Kayvan Kousha and Mahshid Abdoli. (2001). Copyright in Multimedia Sources: Challenges and Pitfalls, The Second International Conference on Information and Culture, Tehran

7. Kousha, K. (2001). Digital Librarianship: What skills should be acquired, Azzahra University, Seminars on Digital Libraries, Tehran.

8. Kousha, K. (2000). Internet and cultural development: the role of Iran in dissemination of cultural information on the web, The First International Conference on Cultural Development, Tehran.

9. Kousha, K. (2000). Free Medical resources on the Web: Experience of Designing a Web Directory of Free High Quality Medical Information, Conference on Productivity in Medical Information Services, Iran Medical Science University, Tehran, Iran.

10. Kousha, K. (1999).Web-based OPACs: Comparing National Libraries Web-based Catalogs, Conference on Development of Online Catalogs in Iranian Libraries, Ferdowsi University, Iran.

 Editorial and Reviewing

1. (INTERTATIONAL) Reviewer for the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ISI-indexed)

2. (INTERTATIONAL) Reviewer for journal of Scientometrics (ISI-indexed)

3. (INTERTATIONAL) International committee (Reviewer) for International Conference Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISI-indexed)

4. (INTERTATIONAL) International committee (Reviewer) for Journal of Information Science(ISI-indexed)

5. (INTERTATIONAL) International committee (Reviewer) for Health Information and Libraries Journal (ISI-indexed)

6. (INTERTATIONAL) Reviewer for journal of Cybermetrics (An International Journal)

7. (NATIONAL) Editorial Member of academic journal of "Librarianship" (in Persian), University of Tehran

8. (NATIONAL) Editorial Member of academic journal of "Information Science & Technology" (in Persian), Research Center of Information and Documentation of Iran

9. (NATIONAL) Invited Editor of Special Issue of Scholarly Communication, Journal of Informology, 2(2), 2005.

10. (NATIONAL) Referee of Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran.

11. (NATIONAL) Referee of Journal of Informology.

Reviews

1. Dissertations Abstract of Library and Information Science of Iran. Pajohesh-Nameh-Etellaresani, 3(12), 6-8

2. Glossary of Library and Information Science Terms. Faslenameh-Ketab, Quarterly Journal of National Library of Iran, 10(4), 122-128.

 Awards

1. (Award of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Scholarship for PhD Proposal: Motivations for Linking to Open Access Scholarly E-Journals: A Comparison of the Characteristics of Web Citations in Six Science and Social Science Disciplines

2. (Selected Paper- Internet Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities for Iranian Publishers, International Conference on Information and Culture, Tehran

3. (2 Selected Workshop- How to Design Web Directories for our Libraries, International Conference on Information and Culture, Tehran

4. ( Selected Workshop- Internet Search Tools: Skills for Searching Internet, International Conference on Information and Culture, Tehran

5. (1999). Active National Information Professional, Ministry of Agriculture.

6. (1998). Journal Editor of Persian Monthly Newsletter in LIS, Ministry of Agriculture

 Courses

1. Advanced Statistical Methods (For PhD. Students)

2. Basic Statistical Methods (for BS, MS Students in LIS)

3. Searching Online & CD-ROM Databases

4. Digital Libraries

5. Reference Services (Introduction to General, Science, Social Science and Medical Science Reference Sources)

6. Sceintometrics, Informetrics and Webometrics

7. Research Methods (for MS LIS students)

8. How to Write a Scientific Research Report

9. Basic Computer Literacy for Librarians (MS Word, Excel, Access, IE, Front Page, Publisher, Power Point)

Selected Workshops

1. ISI, Google Scholar Citations and Google Web/URL Citations: Some Evidence on Scholarly Patterns of the Web, School of Computing & IT, University of Wolverhampton UK, 18 July 2006.

2. Webometrics and Scholarly communication. The first workshop of Webometrics Research organized by the Iranian Webometrics Research Group (IWRG) 7 Mehre (29 September 2005): Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP).

3. From Bibilometrics to Webometrics

4. Internet Search Tools: Skills for Searching in WWW. Implemented for librarians/academic staff in University of Tehran, University of Shadid Behesti, Islamic Culture and  Relations Organization and etc

5. Searching in Free Scientific Web-Based Databases and Reference Sources. Implemented for librarians/academic staff in University of Tehran, University of Shadid Behesti, Islamic Culture and  Relations Organization and etc .

6. Evaluating and Citing Internet Sources. Implemented for librarians/academic staff in University of Tehran, University of Shadid Behesti, Islamic Culture and  Relations Organization and etc

7. Designing Home Pages for Researchers. Implemented for librarians/academic staff in University of Tehran, University of Shadid Behesti, Islamic Culture and  Relations Organization and etc

8. Added-Values of Internet Publishing, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran.

9. How to Build a Webliography for our Libraries, International Book Fair, Tehran.

 Translated Papers (English to Persian)

1. Terry Kunny. A Digital Dark Ages: challenges in the Preservation of electronic Information. Proceedings of IFLA 63rd Conference, Copenhagen 1997. Published in Selective Papers of IFLA 63rd Conference by National Library of Iran.

2. Yasar Tonta. Scholarly Communication and the Use of Networked Information Sources. Proceedings of IFLA 61st Conference, Istanbul 1995. Published in Selective Papers of IFLA 61st Conference by National Library of Iran.

3. Tatiana Ershova. The New Economic Situation and its Impact on the Acquisition policy and methods in Russian Libraries. Proceedings of IFLA 60th Conference, Cuba 1994. Published in Selective Papers of IFLA 60th Conference by National Library of Iran.

4. Peter Liebscher. Hypertext and Indexing. In Challenge in Indexing Electronic Text and Images. Edited by Raya Fidel, 1994. Published in Faslname-Ye Ketabe.The quarterly journal of the National Library of Iran, Autumn 1999.

5. K.C. Harrison. United Kingdom. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. Edited by Robert Wedge Worth, 1993. Entry of Persian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. National Library of Iran.

6. Johny Y. Cole. Ainsworth Rand Spofford. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. Edited by Robert Wedge Worth, 1993. Entry of Persian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. National Library of Iran.

7. Jian Liu. Guide to Meta Search Engines. [Online], Accessed Dec 11, 1999,

8. http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/meta.html Published in Pajoohesh-Nameh Etella Resan. The monthly issue of Scientific Information Services, winter 2000.

9. Ching-Chih Chen. Toward a Digital Knowledge Base: One Projects Experience. Proceedings of Online Information, London 6-8 Dec 1994. Published in Selected Papers of the 8th International Online Meeting. Scientific Information Services.

10. Theo J.D. Bothma. Added Value in Electronic Publications. Proceedings of Online Information, London 3-5 Dec 1996. Selected Papers of the 20th International Online Meeting. Scientific Information Services.

Last update June 2009