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Tuesday 29 October 2013

IBM Software Services for Collaboration Blog-Community Insights: Helping Community Leaders Enhance the Value of Enterprise Online Communities

Community Insights: Helping Community Leaders Enhance the Value of Enterprise Online Communities

Tara Matthews | 25 Sep 2013 | 343 Visits
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We present Community Insights, a new tool to help community leaders foster healthy communities that provide value to members and the organization. Community Insights was co-developed with community leaders to ensure it provides them with metrics that are useful, actionable, and easy to interpret.
 

Background: Online Communities offer Business Value

Online communities are becoming increasingly prevalent in enterprises, with easy-setup social software and increased awareness of benefits to businesses and employees. These benefits include breaking down organizational and distance barriers to knowledge sharing and collaboration [3,11]; improved skills and ability to execute and retain staff [11]; improved sales [2]; improved speed of execution, increased quality, reduced costs [3,12]; and enhanced innovation processes [7]. However, attaining these benefits is no simple matter and an effective community leader is a critical success factor [1,4,11].
 
Because of their essential role in fostering community success, online community leaders are a growing population in enterprises. Some activities they perform within communities are to encourage contributions and discussion, contribute and read content, organize and curate content, answer questions, moderate, create a positive environment, advertise the community externally, and maintain infrastructure. Prior work documents effective leader strategies for enacting these activities [4,5,6,9,10,11,12].
 
However, there is a critical gap between these guidelines and the actual practice of facilitating valuable communities. Leaders’ unique role involves assessing community progress on goals and intervening to guide the group towards achieving those goals. Static guidelines cannot help with such assessments; rather dynamic community analysis tools are needed. However, there is very little research on tools for community leaders. This background motivated the design and development of Community Insights.
 

Community Insights: Designed to Help Community Leaders Run Effective Communities

Community Insights was designed to support community leaders’ two major needs: (1) assessing community health and value and (2) determining actions they could take to improve community health. To do so, Community Insights provides metrics describing a community’s participation, people, and content.

 

Participation: What activities are going on in my community?
 

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The Participation page provides an overall assessment of your community's health, as shown in the screenshot above. Views (top-left), posts (top-right), and contributors (bottom-left) are important indicators of how active (and thus, how healthy) your community is.
 
  • Views by application: In particular, our research involving enterprise communities shows that the views metric is a good predictor of member-rated value of the community to their job, i.e., the more views your community's content gets, the higher your members would likely rate your community's value.
     
  • Posts by application is also an important indicator of how much activity is happening in each of your community's tools over time.
     
  • Contributors shows how many unique people are posting in your community over time and provides a measure of how equally distributed participation is across the community’s membership.
There are several other useful features on the Participation page:
 
  • Use the "Date Filter" at the top of the page to change the dates and/or granularity of all of the charts on the page. To quickly switch between charts showing the last year, four quarters, 12 weeks, or last week, use the links under the custom date range boxes.
     
  • Hover over any bar in the charts to see an exact value of the bar.
     
  • Click on any of the blue tool names in the Activity by application table to see a list of every post in that tool and detailed stats about them.

 

People: Who are the members of my community?
 

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The People page shows demographic information about all your members (geographic locations, business divisions, manager vs. non-manager), how many members are in your community, and a list of top contributors (not shown in the picture above). (Note that these charts are configurable, since different companies have different demographic information.) These charts are aimed to help you identify several useful actions you might take to foster participation and awareness among your members. In particular, you can click on any circle, pie slice, or data point you see in these charts to bring up a list of all the people who fit in the selected sub-group. For example, in the picture above, the user clicked on the "United States" circle in the map and a list of all the members from the United States appeared on the right side. At the top of that list, the user can click to email them or download a spreadsheet listing their names and contact information. Here are a few ideas on actions you might take based on these charts:
 
  • Welcome new members to your community and help them find information: Click on the right-most green dot in the membership chart to get a list of recent new members. Click "email them" to send them a note with community orientation information.
     
  • Ask managers to emulate community participation for their teams: Click on the "manager" pie slice in the manager vs. non-manager chart to get an email list of managers in your community.
     
  • Send role-specific newsletters: Click on different business divisions in the members' business division chart to get an email list.

 

Content: What content and topics do members find valuable?

Next is the Content page, which analyzes the content posted in your community and provides several useful metrics: popular topics, value of posts, and most valuable posts. For example, the popular topics metric is shown here:
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Popular topics analyzes all of the text posted in your community and, using keyword, date and author similarity analytics, clusters them into topics. On the far left, the top keywords for each topic are listed along with a bar showing the number of posts in that topic. When you click on a topic keyword list, more details about that topic load on the right, including the top contributors to that topic and a list of the most valuable posts on that topic. For example, in the screenshot above, we are looking at the "vpn, connectivity, cisco" topic, which has several well-visited blog and wiki posts that might be the first place to look for more information about this topic.
 
An important part of Community Insights are the help and tips. In the screenshot above, you can see a link to help and tips at the top-right of the metric, and can also scroll through the tips ("suggested interpretation & use") below the metric. All metrics in Community Insights provide these. Use help and tips to understand how the metric is calculated and how you can use it to help you manage the community.
 
 

Proven Business Value in 3 Organizations

Community Insights has been deployed in three different companies and evaluated with 1300+ communities and over 3000+ users [8]. Leader response to Community Insights was overwhelmingly positive. For example, community leader users have said:
 
“This tool is exactly what I wanted. It’s like finding gold.”

“Thank you for your work with Community Insights.  These metrics have been invaluable as we work to improve [our community] in Connections.”


“Very cool... This helps me understand if the content I'm putting out there (digital reputation, primarily) is providing value to the community – I can see that it is!

“Very interesting to see the nationality, work functions, etc. of members, and extremely useful to discover what kind of posts they are interested in reading.”

Community leaders found it particular useful that Community Insights provided actionable analytics, i.e., information that guided them toward taking remedial actions to improve the community. There are four types of actionable analytics in Community Insights:

(1) Identifying particular sub-groups or members for active engagement. Leaders wanted to intervene most often to engage with specific subgroups or members, e.g. asking topic experts to contribute new content, soliciting feedback from people who had left the community, tailoring content to sub-groups. They found this information in the people data, as described by one user:
 
“You need to know who the people are visiting your community. I need to do something to get more sales people visiting. I need to send communications to them, specifically.”

Leaders were particularly enthusiastic about the top contributors metric, using this list to engage with the most popular contributing members to take on informal leadership roles, elicit their feedback, acknowledge stellar contributions, and evaluate their contributions to a team. As one user described:

I’ve been particularly interested in the ‘people’ area and ‘top contributors.’ We’re trying to create a council of [volunteers] to make sure content is updated.”

(2) Identifying community health problems that require facilitation. Leaders actively used Community Insights to diagnose and address current or potential community health problems. Using Community Insights, leaders had access to long-term trend data to spot declines in activity.

“I look at the metrics and facilitate discussions with community managers based on the metrics. For example, if there’s lots of passive file downloading, I will recommend that they start weekly community discussions to facilitate active participation.”

(3) Identifying successful examples to emulate (e.g., popular posts or topics). Community Insights users were constantly looking for successful precedents to emulate to improve their own community and leadership skills, which they found in several of the tool’s metrics. For example, one user described:

“The ‘posts’ by application chart… tells me that in certain months, it was a forum reply that really caught on. So then I can go back into my community… and look at it and when I compare it with those forums that I created this month, it reveals whether it was the language of the forum, or if it was the aesthetic beauty of the forum that really made the difference, or was it the positioning of the forum that made the difference. So that comparative study that I could do is really important.”

(4) Evaluating effects of particular actions/events in the community to aid future planning. Leaders examined Community Insights to evaluate the effects of particular actions or events to help with future planning. Most leaders organized regular events involving phone conferences or presentations that members could attend. Leaders logged how many people attended, downloaded event materials, discussed the meeting, and so on. Leaders used this information to select popular topics for future events or modify the format or timing of meetings so more people could attend.

”If we run a call and most of the people who are attending are downloads instead of live attendees, maybe we have a bad meeting time for that particular call.”

Similarly, leaders often wanted to evaluate their own actions, e.g., sending out a newsletter or creating new content, using uptake data to make improvements. Community Insights enabled them to do so, as one user described:

“We are thinking about writing more blogs. We want to see if writing blogs has an impact in the community. So we want to be able to select a particular day/time when a blog was posted and see what the metrics look like before and after.”

 

Community Insights is Available for Customer Use

Please contact your IBM Software Services for Collaboration representative for more information.

 

References

  1. Bourhis, A., Dubé, L., and Jacob, R. The Success of Virtual Communities of Practice: The Leadership Factor. Electronic J. of Knowl. Mgt. 3, 1 (2005), 23–34.
  2. Brown, S.I., Tilton, A., and Woodside, D.M. The case for online communities. McKinsey Quarterly 1, (2002).
  3. Ebrahim, N.A., Ahmed, S., and Taha, Z. Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. SSRN eLibrary, (2009).
  4. Kim, A.J. Community building on the web : Secret strategies for successful online communities. Peachpit Press, 2000.
  5. Kraut, R.E. and Resnick, P. Building successful online communities: Evidence-based social design. MIT, 2012.
  6. Leimeister, J.M., Sidiras, P., and Krcmar, H. Success factors of virtual communities from the perspective of members and operators: An empirical study. Proc. of HICSS, (2004).
  7. Li, C. and Bernoff, J. Groundswell: Winning in a world transformed by social technologies. Harvard Bus., 2008.
  8. Matthews, T., Whittaker, S., Badenes, H., et al. Community insights: helping community leaders enhance the value of enterprise online communities. Proc. of CHI, ACM (2013), 513–522.
  9. Saint-Onge, H. and Wallace, D. Leveraging communities of practice for strategic advantage. Butterworth, 2002.
  10. Stuckey, B. Making the Most of the Good Advice: Meta-Analysis of Guidelines for Establishing an Internet-Mediated Community of Practice. Proc. of WBC.
  11. Wenger, E., McDermott, R.A., and Snyder, W. Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge. Harvard Bus., 2002.
  12. Williams, R. and Cothrel, J. Four smart ways to run online communities. Sloan Mgt. Rev. 41, 4 (2000), 81–92.

IBM Software Services for Collaboration Blog

Monday 28 October 2013

Virtual worlds as digital workplaces: Conceptualizing the affordances of virtual worlds to expand the social and professional spheres in organizations

Virtual worlds as digital workplaces: Conceptualizing the affordances of virtual worlds to expand the social and professional spheres in organizations

  1. Bernadett Koles kolesb@ceubusiness.org
    1. Central European University, Hungary
  2. Peter Nagy
    1. Central European University, Hungary

Abstract

The primary aim of the current paper is to explore ways in which organizations can benefit from virtual environments to expand their social and professional spheres. Applying the theory of third places to virtual worlds, our conceptual model incorporates practical organizational affordances within three composite dimensions. First, we propose that through their unique, supportive and neutral environments, virtual worlds may reduce the prevalence of social hierarchies, via decreasing the emphasis on predetermined ranks, stereotypes, and cultural or geographic variation. Second, we posit that via encouraging open communication within the form of synchronous and real-time interactions, virtual worlds enable efficient teamwork and collaborative learning. Finally, we emphasize that these friendly, secure, and supportive environments may contribute to the reduction of certain work-related stressors, and in turn promote professional development activities. We conclude by discussing practical implications and future research directions.

Virtual worlds as digital workplaces: Conceptualizing the affordances of virtual worlds to expand the social and professional spheres in organizations

Sunday 27 October 2013

Effective strategies for increasing citation frequency

Effective strategies for increasing citation frequency

Ale Ebrahim, N.; Salehi, H.; Embi, M.A.; Habibi Tanha, F.; Gholizadeh, H.; Motahar, S.M.; Ordi, A. (2013) Effective strategies for increasing citation frequency. International Education Studies, 6 (11). pp. 93-99. ISSN 1913-9020
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Abstract

Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.
Item Type: Article
Creators:
  1. Ale Ebrahim, N.(Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya )
  2. Salehi, H.
  3. Embi, M.A.
  4. Habibi Tanha, F.
  5. Gholizadeh, H.
  6. Motahar, S.M.
  7. Ordi, A.
Journal or Publication Title: International Education Studies
Uncontrolled Keywords: University ranking, Improve citation, Citation frequency, Research impact, Open access, h-index
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Mr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2013 11:57
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2013 11:57
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8515

UM Research Repository

Friday 25 October 2013

Items where Subject is "O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Published in: In: 2010 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010), 8th - 9th December Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (8. December 2010): pp. 7-9.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Concurrent Collaboration in Research and Development. Published in: proceeding of National Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering (DECON) 2008, Melaka, Malaysia. (28. October 2008): pp. 1-4.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): Critical factors for new product developments in SMEs virtual team. Published in: African Journal of Business Management , Vol. 4, No. 11 (4. September 2010): pp. 2247-2257.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development. Published in: The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference, Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia (December 2008): pp. 795-806.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises through Virtual Team. Published in: Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Dhaka, Bangladesh (9. January 2010): pp. 1-10.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team. Published in: European Journal of Scientific Research , Vol. 34, No. 3 (2009): pp. 297-307.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (29. June 2008): pp. 1-8.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: African Journal of Marketing Management , Vol. 1, No. 9 (2009): pp. 211-219.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): New Product Development in Virtual Environment. Published in: International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation in China: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, CAMOT 2008, UIBE, Beijing, China, (22. October 2008): pp. 203-218.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (30. June 2008): pp. 1-6.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. Published in: International Journal of the Physical Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 2010): pp. 916-930.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Published in: Scientific Research and Essays , Vol. 4, No. 13 (December 2009): pp. 1575-1590.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. Published in: European Journal of Educational Studies , Vol. 1, No. 3 (October 2009): pp. 109-123.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtual teams: A literature review. Published in: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences , Vol. 3, No. 3 (2009): pp. 2653-2669.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities. Published in: 14th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT 2009). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (24. June 2009): pp. 515-529.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Fattahi, Hamaid Ali and Golnam, Arash (2008): Virtual marketing in virtual enterprises. Published in: In: 2nd International Marketing Management conference, Tehran, Iran. pp. 1-12. (22. January 2008): pp. 1-12.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ghazizadeh, Ali and Golnam, Arash and Tahbaz Tavakoli, Hamid (2007): R&D Management in Iran, Opportunities and Threats. Published in: 16th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT 2007), "Management of Technology for the Service Economy", Miami Beach Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. (15. May 2007): pp. 1-7.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Rostamnezhad, Maziar and Momeni, Ali (2005): Research, Development, Production and Performance of heavy duty CNG fleets in Iran. Published in: ANGVA 2005 (6. May 2008): pp. 1-13.

Items where Subject is "O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development" - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Items where Subject is "M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs. Published in: In: The 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS 2010), Melaka, Malaysia. (9. December 2010): pp. 1-6.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Published in: In: 2010 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010), 8th - 9th December Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (8. December 2010): pp. 7-9.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development. Published in: The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference, Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia (December 2008): pp. 795-806.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team. Published in: European Journal of Scientific Research , Vol. 34, No. 3 (2009): pp. 297-307.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (29. June 2008): pp. 1-8.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: African Journal of Marketing Management , Vol. 1, No. 9 (2009): pp. 211-219.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): New Product Development in Virtual Environment. Published in: International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation in China: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, CAMOT 2008, UIBE, Beijing, China, (22. October 2008): pp. 203-218.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (30. June 2008): pp. 1-6.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. Published in: International Journal of the Physical Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 2010): pp. 916-930.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Published in: Scientific Research and Essays , Vol. 4, No. 13 (December 2009): pp. 1575-1590.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. Published in: European Journal of Educational Studies , Vol. 1, No. 3 (October 2009): pp. 109-123.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtual teams: A literature review. Published in: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences , Vol. 3, No. 3 (2009): pp. 2653-2669.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities. Published in: 14th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT 2009). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (24. June 2009): pp. 515-529.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: In: 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (8. July 2009): pp. 191-196.

Items where Subject is "M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M1 - Business Administration > M12 - Personnel Management; Executive Compensation" - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

"Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency" by Nader Ale Ebrahim, et al.

Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency

Nader Ale Ebrahim, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
Hadi Salehi
Mohamed Amin Embi
Farid Habibi Tanha
Hossein Gholizadeh
Motahar Seyed Mohammad
Ali Ordi

Abstract

Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.

Suggested Citation

N. Ale Ebrahim, H. Salehi, M. A. Embi, F. Habibi Tanha, H. Gholizadeh, S. M. Motahar, and A. Ordi, “Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency,” International Education Studies, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 93-99, October 23, 2013.
"Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency" by Nader Ale Ebrahim, et al.

Thursday 24 October 2013

Nader Ale Ebrahim's articles on arXiv



Nader Ale Ebrahim's articles on arXiv

[1] arXiv:1306.0727 [pdf]
Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the h-index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers?
Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables
Journal-ref: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7(4), 198-202. March 2013
Subjects: Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
[2] arXiv:1305.0379 [pdf]
Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?
Comments: 7 pages, No figure
Journal-ref: Asian Social Science vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 176-182, April 27, 2013
Subjects: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
[3] arXiv:1305.0377 [pdf]
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
Comments: 9 pages, 4 figures
Journal-ref: Asian Social Science vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 18-26, April 27, 2013
Subjects: Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Computers and Society (cs.CY)
[4] arXiv:1210.7889 [pdf]
Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs
Comments: 4 pages
Journal-ref: (2012). Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs. Advanced Materials Research, 433-440, 1653-1659
Subjects: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
[5] arXiv:1210.7482 [pdf]
Modified Stage-Gate: A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process
Comments: 24 pages
Journal-ref: African Journal of Marketing Management, 1(9) (2009) 211-219
Subjects: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
[6] arXiv:1208.0944 [pdf]
Establishing Virtual R&D Teams: Obliged Policy
Comments: 6th IMC (International Management Conference). Tehran, Iran 2008
Subjects: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
[7] arXiv:1207.6832 [pdf]
The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs
Journal-ref: Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, 2011, 10(2), Pages 109-114
Subjects: Other Computer Science (cs.OH)
[8] arXiv:1207.6830 [pdf]
Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams
Journal-ref: American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2012, 5(1), Pages 9-14
Subjects: Computers and Society (cs.CY)


Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency by Nader Ale Ebrahim, Hadi Salehi, Mohamed Amin Embi, Farid Habibi, Hossein Gholizadeh, Seyed Mohammad Motahar, Al Ordi :: SSRN

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency


Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency


Nader Ale Ebrahim


Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya; Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya

Hadi Salehi


Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch

Mohamed Amin Embi


Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Farid Habibi


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Hossein Gholizadeh


Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya

Seyed Mohammad Motahar


Faculty of Information Science and Technology,Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Al Ordi


Advance Informatics School (AIS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

October 23, 2013

International Education Studies, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 93-99

Abstract:     
Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7
Keywords: University ranking, Improve citation, Citation frequency, Research impact, Open access, h-index
JEL Classification: L11, L1, L2, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, P42, P24, P29, Q31, Q32, L17
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Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Salehi, Hadi and Embi, Mohamed Amin and habibi, farid and Gholizadeh, Hossein and Motahar, Seyed Mohammad and Ordi, Al, Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency (October 23, 2013). International Education Studies, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 93-99. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=

Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency by Nader Ale Ebrahim, Hadi Salehi, Mohamed Amin Embi, Farid Habibi, Hossein Gholizadeh, Seyed Mohammad Motahar, Al Ordi :: SSRN

Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency

Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency

Nader Ale Ebrahim, Hadi Salehi, Mohamed Amin Embi, Farid Habibi Tanha, Hossein Gholizadeh, Seyed Mohammad Motahar, Ali Ordi

Abstract


Due to the effect of citation impact on The Higher Education (THE) world university ranking system, most of the researchers are looking for some helpful techniques to increase their citation record. This paper by reviewing the relevant articles extracts 33 different ways for increasing the citations possibilities. The results show that the article visibility has tended to receive more download and citations. This is probably the first study to collect over 30 different ways to improve the citation record. Further study is needed to explore and expand these techniques in specific fields of study in order to make the results more precisely.

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Effective Strategies for Increasing Citation Frequency | Ale Ebrahim | International Education Studies

Tuesday 22 October 2013

Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Malaysia

Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Malaysia, as of September 2013

This page shows one of the many rankings computed with RePEc data. They are based on data about authors who have registered with the RePEc Author Service, institutions listed on EDIRC, bibliographic data collected by RePEc, citation analysis performed by CitEc and popularity data compiled by LogEc. To find more rankings, historical data and detailed methodology, click here. Or see the ranking FAQ. For Malaysia, there are 161 authors affiliated with 37 institutions. Note that authors affiliated only with institutions in this region that are not listed in EDIRC cannot be ranked. Authors with multiple affiliations are attributed to each according to the weights they have set to each in their profile, or by default according to a formula described here.

All institutions in this region.

Top 25% institutions in Malaysia

RankW.RankInstitutionScoreAuthorsAuthor shares
1[1]Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)Serdang, Malaysia1.481918.61
2[2]Institute of Development StudiesKota Kinabalu, Malaysia1.9510.49
3[3]Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti MalayaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2.9698.35
4[4]Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia SarawakSamarahan, Malaysia4.4699
5[6]School of Business, Monash UniversitySunway, Malaysia5.2244
6[7]Economics, Universiti Sains MalaysiaMinden, Malaysia5.2777
7[5]International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5.3776.68
8[8]School of Economics, University of NottinghamKuala Lumpur, Malaysia6.955
9[9]Labuan School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia SabahLabuan, Malaysia8.5555

Top 25% authors in Malaysia

This ranking is based on registered authors only, and only those who claimed some affiliation in this region, and this affiliation is listed in EDIRC.
RankW.RankAuthorScore
1[1]Sherman Robinson Institute of Development Studies, Kota Kinabalu1.35
2[5]Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang3.71
3[7]Hooi Hooi Lean Economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden4.68
4[6]Venus Khim-Sen Liew Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan5.9
5[9]Siong Hook Law Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang5.92
6[3]Robert Holzmann Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur6.52
7[19]Geoffrey Williams Academy of Responsible Management (ARM), Kuala Lumpur8.2
8[2]Zubair Hasan International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur8.44
9[8]Muzafar Shah Habibullah Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang
8.86
10[14]Kian-Ping Lim Labuan School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Labuan9.83
11[13]Tuck Cheong Tang School of Business, Monash University, Sunway10.24
12[22]Gareth David Leeves School of Business, Monash University, Sunway10.4
13[4]Fadzlan Sufian Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak10.85
14[12]Evan Lau Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan11.36
15[23]Wing Leong Teo School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur11.58
16[11]Chor Foon Tang Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur11.6
17[15]Rajah Rasiah Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur12.95
18[21]M. Azali Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang15.46
19[16]Chee-Keong Choong Centre for Economic Studies, Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar15.58
20[17]Mansor H. Ibrahim International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur16.09
21[10]Fumitaka Furuoka 18.66
22[36]Dongkoo Chang South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur19.94
23[27]Chew Ging Lee Business School, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur23.93
24[38]Yiing Jia Loke Economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden24.49
25[18]Chin-Hong Puah Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan24.52
26[30]K.Kuperan Viswanathan College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok24.74
27[24]W.N.W Azman-Saini Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang25.25
28[20]Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur25.33
29[29]Zulkornain B. Yusop Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang26.99
30[41]Maria Teresa Punzi School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur27.08
31[28]Tze-Haw Chan Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden27.95
32[31]Koi Nyen Wong Business School, Sunway University, Sunway28.33
33[43]Grace Hooi Yean Lee School of Business, Monash University, Sunway28.53
34[42]Akm Azhar Sekolah Pengajian Siswazah Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
29.61
35[25]Jarita Duasa Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak32.67
36[39]Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur33.9
37[37]Chandran VGR Govindaraju Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur34.28
38[35]Jamal Othman 35.51
39[26]Nader Ale Ebrahim 35.75
40[33]Nidal A. Alsayyed Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak37.11
The data presented here is experimental. It is based on a limited sample of the research output in Economics and Finance. Only material catalogued in RePEc is considered. For any citation based criterion, only works that could be parsed by the CitEc project are considered. For any ranking of people, only those registered with the RePEc Author Service can be taken into account. And for rankings of institutions, only those listed in EDIRC and claimed as affiliation by the respective, registered authors can be measured. Thus, this list is by no means based on a complete sample. You can help making this more comprehensive by encouraging more publications to be listed (instructions) and more authors to register (form). For more details on the various rankings that are available as well for documentation, follow this link.

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Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Malaysia

Monday 21 October 2013

Individens arbetstillfredsställelse i virtuella team - Lund University

Title Individens arbetstillfredsställelse i virtuella team
Author/s Hanna Cederlund, Vicky Löw
Department/s Department of Psychology
Full-text Available as PDF
Publishing year 2013
Abstract Swedish Denna uppsats har undersökt huruvida graden av virtuell kommunikation (virtualitet) hos individer i virtuella team har ett samband med arbetstillfredsställelse. En webbaserad enkät skickades ut till ca 800 anställda på ett stort, internationellt företag och innehöll frågor angående hur nöjd man är med sitt arbete, hur mycket av kommunikationen som sker virtuellt samt två kvalitativa frågor med styrkor och svagheter med just deras kommunikation. Resultaten visade att det inte fanns ett signifikant samband mellan virtualitet och arbetstillfredsställelser, varför hypotesen om att sambandet skulle vara negativt förkastades. En signifikant skillnad i virtualitet påträffades mellan kvinnor och män. Svaren från de kvalitativa frågorna skapade flera teman som visade bland annat att språkskillnader, för mycket e-post samt avsaknad av kommunikationspolicy ses som svagheter i kommunikationen. Styrkorna var fler kommunikationsverktyg, chatt, e-post och direkt kommunikation.
Slutsatser som kan dras utifrån den kvantitativa ansatsen är att virtualitet och arbetstillfredsställelse inte samvarierar. Slutsatser som kan dras utifrån den kvalitativa ansatsen är att vilken kommunikation som föredras är individuellt, och att en gemensam struktur eller kommunikationspolicy förenklar kommunikationen.
Subject Social Sciences
Keywords Arbetstillfredsställelse, Virtuella team, Virtualitet, Kommunikation
Document type Bachelor Degree
Language Swedish
Supervisor Robert Holmberg


Individens arbetstillfredsställelse i virtuella team - Lund University

Sunday 20 October 2013

Items where Subject is "Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting" - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs. Published in: In: The 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS 2010), Melaka, Malaysia. (9. December 2010): pp. 1-6.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Published in: In: 2010 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010), 8th - 9th December Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (8. December 2010): pp. 7-9.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development. Published in: The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference, Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia (December 2008): pp. 795-806.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team. Published in: European Journal of Scientific Research , Vol. 34, No. 3 (2009): pp. 297-307.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (29. June 2008): pp. 1-8.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: African Journal of Marketing Management , Vol. 1, No. 9 (2009): pp. 211-219.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): New Product Development in Virtual Environment. Published in: International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation in China: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, CAMOT 2008, UIBE, Beijing, China, (22. October 2008): pp. 203-218.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (30. June 2008): pp. 1-6.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. Published in: International Journal of the Physical Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 2010): pp. 916-930.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Published in: Scientific Research and Essays , Vol. 4, No. 13 (December 2009): pp. 1575-1590.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. Published in: European Journal of Educational Studies , Vol. 1, No. 3 (October 2009): pp. 109-123.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtual teams: A literature review. Published in: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences , Vol. 3, No. 3 (2009): pp. 2653-2669.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities. Published in: 14th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT 2009). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (24. June 2009): pp. 515-529.
Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: In: 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (8. July 2009): pp. 191-196.

Items where Subject is "M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M1 - Business Administration > M12 - Personnel Management; Executive Compensation" - Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Top 25% authors in Malaysia - Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Malaysia

Top 25% authors in Malaysia

This ranking is based on registered authors only, and only those who claimed some affiliation in this region, and this affiliation is listed in EDIRC.
RankW.RankAuthorScore
1[1]Sherman Robinson Institute of Development Studies, Kota Kinabalu1.35
2[5]Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang3.71
3[7]Hooi Hooi Lean Economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden4.68
4[6]Venus Khim-Sen Liew Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan5.9
5[9]Siong Hook Law Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang5.92
6[3]Robert Holzmann Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur6.52
7[19]Geoffrey Williams Academy of Responsible Management (ARM), Kuala Lumpur8.2
8[2]Zubair Hasan International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur8.44
9[8]Muzafar Shah Habibullah Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang
8.86
10[14]Kian-Ping Lim Labuan School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Labuan9.83
11[13]Tuck Cheong Tang School of Business, Monash University, Sunway10.24
12[22]Gareth David Leeves School of Business, Monash University, Sunway10.4
13[4]Fadzlan Sufian Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak10.85
14[12]Evan Lau Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan11.36
15[23]Wing Leong Teo School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur11.58
16[11]Chor Foon Tang Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur11.6
17[15]Rajah Rasiah Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur12.95
18[21]M. Azali Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang15.46
19[16]Chee-Keong Choong Centre for Economic Studies, Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar15.58
20[17]Mansor H. Ibrahim International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur16.09
21[10]Fumitaka Furuoka 18.66
22[36]Dongkoo Chang South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, Kuala Lumpur19.94
23[27]Chew Ging Lee Business School, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur23.93
24[38]Yiing Jia Loke Economics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden24.49
25[18]Chin-Hong Puah Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Samarahan24.52
26[30]K.Kuperan Viswanathan College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok24.74
27[24]W.N.W Azman-Saini Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang25.25
28[20]Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur25.33
29[29]Zulkornain B. Yusop Fakulti Ekonomi Dan Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang26.99
30[41]Maria Teresa Punzi School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur27.08
31[28]Tze-Haw Chan Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden27.95
32[31]Koi Nyen Wong Business School, Sunway University, Sunway28.33
33[43]Grace Hooi Yean Lee School of Business, Monash University, Sunway28.53
34[42]Akm Azhar Sekolah Pengajian Siswazah Pengurusan, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
29.61
35[25]Jarita Duasa Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak32.67
36[39]Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur33.9
37[37]Chandran VGR Govindaraju Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur34.28
38[35]Jamal Othman 35.51
39[26]Nader Ale Ebrahim 35.75
40[33]Nidal A. Alsayyed Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Jalan Gombak37.11
The data presented here is experimental. It is based on a limited sample of the research output in Economics and Finance. Only material catalogued in RePEc is considered. For any citation based criterion, only works that could be parsed by the CitEc project are considered. For any ranking of people, only those registered with the RePEc Author Service can be taken into account. And for rankings of institutions, only those listed in EDIRC and claimed as affiliation by the respective, registered authors can be measured. Thus, this list is by no means based on a complete sample. You can help making this more comprehensive by encouraging more publications to be listed (instructions) and more authors to register (form). For more details on the various rankings that are available as well for documentation, follow this link.

Credits:
We do our best, but we cannot exclude errors.
Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Malaysia