Journal Recommender System: Assistance tool for researchers

Document Type : Review Paper

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PhD Student in library and information science, Shiraz University. Faculty member, Regional Information Center for Science and Technology, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

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Researchers tend to provide the results of their research activities at the shortest possible time through the media, such as scientific journals, to promote themselves and the organization. In present age, The number of scientific journals and articles is increasing every year and the decision to publish research findings in a prestigious and relevant journal is one of the challenges for young and inexperienced researchers. This delay in publication will lead to a loss of novelty, importance and effectiveness of research findings. Recommender systems in this field can be useful to both researchers and editors of journals to save time and money.
On the other hand, the motivation of researchers in selecting the appropriate journal for publishing and publishing research findings is complex and related to various factors. This decision requires a wealth of information from a variety of sources on the characteristics of the publications, which may be difficult to obtain. This issue has been somewhat resolved in some of the journal recommender systems. In the end, it is up to the author to make the right choice, consciously, and weighing each of the features. In This study introduces the international journals recommender system with a review approach.

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