Journal of Modern Medical

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Objective: ResearchGate is one of the most popular social networking websites for scholars. This study aims to investigate the presence of the faculty members of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS) on ResearchGate by using an Altmetrics approach.
Methods: The study population consists of the profiles of the faculty members from HUMS, Hamedan, Iran on ResearchGate in 2021. For Altmetrics study, first their profiles were visited. Their data were then extracted which included Research items, Total Research Interest, Questions, Answers, Followers, Followings, Reads, Recommendations, RG Score, Citations, and h-index. Their total citations were then extracted from the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. Finally, the collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 25 software, using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and Spearman correlation test.
Results: All faculty members of HUMS had a profile in ResearchGate and 78.31% had joined ResearchGate. The statistical analysis showed a significant positive correlation between RG score and citations on ResearchGate, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar.
Conclusion: Through active participation in ResearchGate and sharing published studies, medical scholars can make their works more visible and get more citations.

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Objective People with information anorexia severely limit the acquisition and use of information and lose the opportunity to receive new information, and often rely on a few limited sources of information. This study aims to investigate the information anorexia of medical students in Hamedan University of Medical Sciences (HUMS).
Methods The is qualitative study based on grounded theory conducted in 2019. By using purposive and snowball sampling method, 27 samples were selected for this study including faculty members of knowledge and information sciences, faculty members of psychology, and students in general medicine (second-year or higher) in HUMS. In-depth semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The coding process (Open, axial, and selective coding) was conducted after interviews and the main categories were extracted. Data analysis was carried out in MAXQDA version 12 software.
Results The causal factors of information anorexia were the students’ physiological/cognitive/motivational status and skills. Intervening factors were the higher education system, students’ field of study, and society. Contextual factors were the characteristics of information, characteristics of information sources, and the issues affected by the information age. 
Conclusion Since information anorexia in medical students can lead to harmful social, scientific and economic consequences, it is important to identify and reduce it by promoting the students’ skills such as information literacy, personal information management, and critical thinking.