Evaluation of Journals of the Knowledge and Information Science Field based on Regulations on Determining the Credibility of the Iranian Scientific Journals

Considering the importance and role of scientific journals in advancing science and also the issue of determining the credibility of journals in scientific societies, the present study evaluates prestigious journals in the field of knowledge and information science based on the criteria of new regulations on determining the credibility of the country's scientific journals. The research approach is quantitative and its type is evaluative. Ten Persian journals approved by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology in the mentioned field from the website of the Commission for the Review of Periodicals were selected and reviewed. To collect the data, a researcher-made checklist was used with a range of different scores including 50 criteria in eight groups: 1) title, 2) editor-in-chief, 3) editors group, 4) journal format, 5) external features of journals, 6) structural editing, 7) authors, and 8) other criteria. The final results of the research indicate that 86% of the criteria of the mentioned regulation are observed in knowledge and information science journals. The results also reveal that the National Studies on Librarianship and Information Organization with a score of 90.26 out of 100 points has the highest rank, followed by the Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management and Scientometrics Research Journal. The results of this study will help the managers and editorial board of the surveyed journals to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the journal and try to improve its quality and its compatibility with the criteria of new regulations on determining the credibility of the country's scientific journals. Furthermore, the results of this research revealed some shortcomings and problems of the mentioned regulation.