Education & Qualifications:

• 2004-2007   Ph.D. in Information Science & Communication, University of Paul Cezanne - Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France
• 1998-2001   M.A. in Library & Information Science, University of Tehran, October 1998 to July 2001, (G.P.A= 18.27 out of 20.00), Number one student.
• 1994-1998   B.A. in Library & Information Science, Shiraz University, October 1994 to July 1998, (G.P.A= 16.54 out of 20.00).
• 1990-1994   Diploma in Humanities, Resalat High School, Kermanshah, October 1990 to July 1994.

Editorial and Reviewing:

• Editor-in-Chief of Webology
• Editorial member of International Journal of Economy and Competitive Intelligence
• Editorial member of SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science

Research/Scholarly Activities:

Books:

1. Noruzi, Alireza, & Velayati, Khalid (2009). Information Consulting: Principles, Methods, and Techniques. Tehran: Chapar Publication. (Persian language).
2. Noruzi, Alireza, & Velayati, Khalid (2009). Scientific Research Collaboration: Sociology of Scientific Collaboration. Second edition. Tehran: Chapar Publication. (Persian language).
3. Noruzi, Alireza (Ed.) (2009). Marketing in Libraries and Information Centers. Written by Reza Basirian. Tehran: Chapar Publication. (Persian language).
4. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Book Indexing. Second edition. Tehran: Chapar Publication. (Persian language).
5. Noruzi, Alireza (2002). Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright & Industrial Property. Tehran: Chapar Publication. (Persian language).

English Articles:

1. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Open Access Journals: A Pathway to Scientific Information in Iran. Libri, forthcoming.
2. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Webotherapy: Reading Web Resources for Problem Solving The Electronic Library, 25(6), forthcoming.
3. Noruzi, A. (2007). A Study of HTML Title Tag Creation Behavior of Academic Web Sites. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33 (4): 501-506.
4. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). Folksonomies: (Un)Controlled Vocabulary? Knowledge Organization, 33 (4): 199-203.
5. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). Web Presence and Impact Factors for Middle-Eastern Countries. Online Magazine, March/April, 30(2): 22-28.
6. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). The Web Impact Factor: A Critical Review. The Electronic Library, 24(4): 490-500.
7. Noruzi, Alireza (2005). Google Scholar: The New Generation of Citation Indexes. LIBRI, 55(4): 170-180.
8. Noruzi, Alireza (2005). Web Impact Factors for Iranian Universities. Webology, 2(1), Article 11. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n1/a11.html
9. Noruzi, Alireza (2004). Introduction to Webology. Webology, 1(1), Article 1. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n1/a1.html
10. Noruzi, Alireza (2004). Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web. Webology, 1(2), Article 8. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a8.html
    Translated into Brazilian Portuguese:
    Barros, Moreno. Aplicação das Leis de Ranganathan na Web. ExtraLibris, 2. Available at: http://www.extralibris.info/arquivos/2005/02/aplicacao_das_l.html
    Translated into Persian:
    Amouhosseini, Fatemeh & AzimiNia, Tahereh. Iranian Journal of Information Science & Technology. Available at: http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/etela-art/22/amooyee.htm

Articles at Conferences:

1. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Open Access Journals: A Pathway to Scientific Information in Iran. ELPUB 2007, Vienna, Austria.
2. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). The Web Presence of Middle-Eastern and European Countries: A Digital Divide. CollNet, Nancy, France.
3. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Why Iranian Journals Are Not Indexed by Forign Databases. Proceedings of the 1st National Conference of Scientometrics in Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, p.16.
4. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Open Access Medical Journals in Iran: A Bibliometric and Webometric Aanalysis. Proceedings of the 1st National Conference of Scientometrics in Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, p.58.

Editorial Notes in English:

1. Noruzi, Alireza (2009). Wikipedia popularity from a citation analysis point of view. Webology, 6(2), Editorial 20. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n2/editorial20.html
2. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Scientific Collaboration and Quality of Scientific Research. Webology, 5(4), Editorial 18. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/editorial18.html
3. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Citation-linking between open access journals. Webology, 5(2), Editorial 16. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n2/editorial16.html
4. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Science Popularization through Open Access. Webology, 5(1), Editorial 15. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n1/editorial15.html
5. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Educational Impact and Open Access Journals. Webology, 4(4), Editorial 14. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/editorial14.html
6. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). The International Scope of Webology. Webology, 4(3), Editorial 13. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/editorial13.html
7. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Folksonomies: Why do we need controlled vocabulary? Webology, 4(2), Editorial 12. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/editorial12.html
8. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). Webotherapy and Beyond. Webology, 3(3), Editorial 9. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n3/editorial9.html
9. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). Editorial. Webology, 3(2), Editorial 8. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n2/editorial8.html
10. Noruzi, Alireza (2006). Link Spam and Search Engines. Webology, 3(1), Editorial 7. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/editorial7.html
11. Noruzi, Alireza (2005). The HTML Title Tag and Its Importance. Webology, 2(4), Editorial 6. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n4/editorial6.html
12. Noruzi, Alireza (2005). Hyperlinks and Their Roles in Web Information Retrieval. Webology, 2(3), Editorial 5. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n3/editorial5.html
13. Noruzi, Alireza (2005). Fundamental Differences between Hyperlinks and Citations. Webology, 2(2), Editorial 4. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n2/editorial4.html
14. Noruzi, Alireza (2004). A Note on Webology. Webology, 1(1), Editorial 1. Available at: http://www.webology.ir/2004/v1n1/editorial1.html

Persian Articles:

1. Noruzi, Alireza (2009). Scientific Productivity of the Iranian LIS Professionals in Web of Science (1971-2009). Koliyat, 12 (4), 28-37.
2. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Library 2.0: Web 2.0 Based Library Services. Koliyat, 131 (11), 24-35.
3. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Webotherapy and Bibliotherapy. Informology, 5 (20-21), summer and autumn.
4. Nouri, Rasoul, Noruzi, Alireza, & Mirzaie, Abbas (2007). Scientific Productivity of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Health Information Management, 3(2), 73-85.
5. Noruzi, Alireza (2008). Webotherapy and Bibliotherapy. Scientific Communication, 10(1).
6. Noruzi, Alireza, Mansouri, Ali, & Hosseini, Mehdi (2007). Social Classification (Folksonomy): Knowledge Organization Based on Social Wisdom. Informology, 5(1-2), 151-166.
7. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Open Access Journals and Their Roles in Dissemination of Scientific Information in Iran. Rahyaft, 38 (autumn & winter): 15-21.
8. Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Web Presence of Iran: A Critical Evaluation. Faslname-ye Ketab (Book Quarterly), 68: 53-62.Full text.
9. Noruzi, Alireza, & Alimohammadi, Dariush (2007). Scientific Collaboration of the Iranian LIS Professionals across the World: With an Emphasis on Citation Indexes. Informology, 3 (3-4): 181-194.
10. Salehi, Kayvan, & Noruzi, Alireza (2007). Iran's Scientific Productivity Position and the Impact Factors of Iranian International Journals. Informology, 3(3-4): 169-180.
11. Noruzi, Alireza (2004). The Web Impact Factor: A survey of some Iranian university web sites. Studies in Education & Psychology (Ferdowsi University), 5(2): 105-119. (Persian language with an English abstract).
12. Björneborn, L. & Ingwersen, P. (2001). Perspectives of Webometrics. translated by Alireza Noruzi & Zahra Bigdeli (2004). Ettela Resani (Iranian Journal of Information Science), 19(1&2): 64-86. (Persian language).
13. Noruzi, Alireza (2002). Information pollution. Encyclopedia of Library & Information Science. Editor Professor Abbas Horri. Tehran: National Library of Iran, Vol. 1, pp. 52-53.).
14. Noruzi, Alireza (2002). WorldCAT: World Union Catalog. Ettela Resani (Iranian Journal of Information Science), 17(1&2): 65-67. (Persian language).
15. Noruzi, Alireza (2002). Internet Searching: Introduction to Google search engine. Ettela Resani (Iranian Journal of Information Science), 16(3&4): 79-83. (Persian language).
16. Noruzi, Alireza (2000). Information economics in the world and in Iran. Payam-e Ketabkhaneh (Library Message), 9(35): 52-56. (Persian language).
17. Phillips, S. (2000). Irish university libraries: recent development & future prospects. translated by Alireza Noruzi. Ettela Resani (Iranian Journal of Information Science), 15(1&2): 81-86. (Persian language).
18. Noruzi, Alireza (2000). Information pollution. Ettela Resani (Iranian Journal of Information Science), 15(1&2): 3-8. (Persian language with an English abstract).
19. Noruzi, Alireza (1999). Biography of Charles Ammi Cutter. Payam-e Ketabkhaneh (Library Message), 8(31): 88-91. (Persian language).

Research in Progress:

• Scientific Collaborations between Middle-Eastern Countries
• Scientific Collaborations between the Persian Gulf Countries
• Iran's Scientific Position in the World
• Web Impact Factors for French Universities

Teaching Experience:

• Knowledge Organization (Cataloging, Classification, Metadata)
• Indexing and Abstracting
• Webology
• History of Science
• Scientometrics, Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis
• Communications and Library Science
• Word Processors and Typewriting

Work experience/Employment history:

• Former faculty member of the University of Tehran, Library & Information Science, 2007-2009.
• Iranian Information & Documentation Center (IRANDOC), Search Unit (Databases & Internet Unit), 1999-2002.

Awards:

• 2003   PhD Scholarship, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Tehran
• 1999   Excellent Student, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Tehran

Former PhD/MA Students:

• Velayati, Khalid: Scientific Collaborations between Iran and Its Neighbor Countries from 1990 to 2007: A Bibliometric Study.

Interests Fields:

• Information and Competitive Intelligence
• Information Consulting
• Knowledge Organization, & Knowledge Science
• Scientometrics, & Bibliometrics
• Citation Analysis
• Citation Indexing
• Indexing: (Citation Indexing, Pre-Coordinate & Post-Coordinate Indexing, Book Indexing, Web Indexing) & Indexing languages
• Open Access Journals
• Webology
• Search Engines
• Web Information Retrieval
• Intellectual Property Rights: Copyright & Industrial Property