The School of Nursing at the University of Jordan organized a training seminar entitled “Citations: How to Increase your Research", presented by the University's Vice President for Global Classifications and International Accreditation, Prof. Faleh Al-Sawa'er, in the presence of the Dean of the College, Prof. Areej Othman.
At the beginning of the session, with the presence of faculty members and researchers audience from variety of colleges at the University, Al-Sawair gave an overview of the scholarly production at the university, noting the improvement in the university's research performance and impact in recent years. The number of scientific research published by the university in 2022 increased to about 2,800, 40% of which were published in first-class scientific journals, and 78% of the scientific production came from scientific colleges.
Al-Sawair pointed to many factors that improve citation rates for researchers, such as local or international research cooperation, whether with researchers from the academic community or from other sectors such as industry and companies, in addition to improving the quality of research conducted, paying attention to the impact of the research topic and its societal importance, and focusing on influential research topics. Choosing the appropriate classified journal for the field of scientific research.
Al-Sawair warned the participants against hijacked and fake journals, stressing the need to refer to the list of journals approved by the university through the Deanship of Scientific Research, and pointing out how to choose the appropriate journal in consideration of a number of matters such as the scope and focus of the research to be published, and the research published in it in the same field to evaluate the quality of the journal. Suitability, use of journal directories and databases, assessment of the journal's target audience, evaluation of the journal's reputation and impact factor, the duration of the review and publication process and its fees, journal policies and other factors.
