?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Contribution+of+Information+and+Communication+Technology+(ICT)+in+Country%E2%80%99S+H-Index&rft.creator=FARHADI%2C+MARYAM&rft.creator=SALEHI%2C+HADI&rft.creator=EMBI%2C+MOHAMED+AMIN&rft.creator=FOOLADI%2C+MASOOD&rft.creator=FARHADI%2C+HADI&rft.creator=AGHAEI+CHADEGANI%2C+AREZOO&rft.creator=ALE+EBRAHIM%2C+NADER&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=The+aim+of+this+study+is+to+examine+the+effect+of+Information+and+Communication+Technology+(ICT)+development+on+country%E2%80%99s+scientific+ranking+as+measured+by+H-index.+Moreover%2C+this+study+applies+ICT+development+sub-indices+including+ICT+Use%2C+ICT+Access+and+ICT+skill+to+find+the+distinct+effect+of+these+sub-indices+on+country%E2%80%99s+H-index.+To+this+purpose%2C+required+data+for+the+panel+of+14+Middle+East+countries+over+the+period+1995+to+2009+is+collected.+Findings+of+the+current+study+show+that+ICT+development+increases+the+H-index+of+the+sample+countries.+The+results+also+indicate+that+ICT+Use+and+ICT+Skill+sub-indices+positively+contribute+to+higher+H-index+but+the+effect+of+ICT+access+on+country%E2%80%99s+H-index+is+not+clear.&rft.publisher=Little+Lion+Scientific+Islamabad+Pakistan&rft.date=2013-11-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9120%2F1%2FMaryam%2520Farhadi%2527s%2520Paper%2520in%2520JATIT.pdf&rft.identifier=++FARHADI%2C+MARYAM+and+SALEHI%2C+HADI+and+EMBI%2C+MOHAMED+AMIN+and+FOOLADI%2C+MASOOD+and+FARHADI%2C+HADI+and+AGHAEI+CHADEGANI%2C+AREZOO+and+ALE+EBRAHIM%2C+NADER++(2013)+Contribution+of+Information+and+Communication+Technology+(ICT)+in+Country%E2%80%99S+H-Index.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9120%2F