Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background and purpose: There are some strengths and weaknesses in current indicators of scientom... more Background and purpose: There are some strengths and weaknesses in current indicators of scientometrics. This study aimed to present a new index of scientometrics in evaluating scientific output of Iranian medical journals. Materials and methods: This exploratory analytical study was done with a scientometric approach in scientific output of 108 medical science journals indexed in Scopus and 63 scientific output of the universities of medical sciences in Iran, 2018. Data were collected using a checklist that included scientometric factors. The inclusion criteria was to have at least two articles indexed in the Scopus database and at least one citation. The index to be calculated was the ratio of the number of articles with at least one citation to zero according to the Odds index. Results: Findings showed that the mean h-index of journals was 14.06 and the mean O-index was 2.29. In universities, the highest mean values of O-index, h-index, and h5-index were 2.724, 85.8, and 45.7, re...
In recent years, scientific output in the field of medical science has grown dramatically, and th... more In recent years, scientific output in the field of medical science has grown dramatically, and the determination of the appropriate index for their measurement is necessary. The purpose of the present study is to review the status of existing scientific and index indicators for the evaluation of scientific outputs in the field of medical sciences. In this review study, using Persian keywords (sciences, indexes, journals, universities, researcher) in the Persian Data bases of Magiran, noormags, Irandoc, National Library, Regional Science, Scientific Information Database (SID), Civilica, and Latin
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: Publication of scientific journals in every country is recognized as one ... more Background and purpose: Publication of scientific journals in every country is recognized as one of the main ways for publishing and development of science and knowledge. The aim of this research was to compare the differences in non-citations of Iranian journals in Persian and English on health indexed in Scopus during 2011 and 2015. Materials and methods: In a descriptive-analytical study, we investigated 85 Iranian journals in Persian and English on health indexed in Scopus database. The list of Journals was obtained from the Ministry of Health and all journals were searched in Scopus database. Data analysis was done in SPSS V.20 applying Mann-Whitney, t-test, and Pearson correlations. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: There was a weak positive correlation between Iranian journals in Persian and percentage of articles with at least one citation (r=0.4) which was found to be not significant (P=0.123). But in English language journals published by Irania...
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: The status and role of each country in scientific production in specific ... more Background and purpose: The status and role of each country in scientific production in specific fields may indicate the potential and its performance in promoting and improving that particular issue. Cancer is a major health problem in Iran, so this study aimed to investigate the role of scientific production of Iran about cancer. Materials and methods: We conducted a scientometric study using Iranian articles about cancer based on the Scopus database and Web of Science. The electronic search was done according to subject and affiliation for articles published until 2015. Data was then extracted using the Analyze Search Result. Results: According to Scopus at the end of 2015, Iran had 2865 articles about cancer placing the country in 29th position. The H-Index score for the country was 52 which placed Iran in 45 position in the world. The impact factor of articles published by Iranian researchers on cancer in Eastern Mediterranean region was 4 and the number of papers placed Iran i...
Background and aims: Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but the... more Background and aims: Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but their association with health problems and disease burden is doubtful. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between Iranian scientific productions (published in 2010–2015) with disease burden in Iran using Web of Science database. Methods: Data was collected using Scientometric indicators, direct observation, and note taking. The current research included all articles written by Iranian researchers during 2010 to 2015which were published in Web of Science – indexed journals. The search was limited to the affiliation ‘Iran’ and was performed using different keywords including road accident, ischemic heart diseases, major depression disorders, and cerebral vascular diseases, Back Pain, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Bipolar Disorder and Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive. These were believed to have the highest disease burden. Then, the scientometric output...
Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, Jan 16, 2016
Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but its association with hea... more Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but its association with health problems and disease burden is doubtful. The aim of this study is assessment of the relationship between scientific productions with disease burden in Iran in PubMed dataset during 2010 to 2014. The study was performed with the library method. Data Gathered using Scientometrics indicators and direct observation. The current research includes all articles written by Iranian researchers during 2010 to 2014 which were published in PubMed-indexed journals. The search was performed using keywords included road accident, ischaemic heart diseases, major depression disorders and cerebral vascular diseases. In total 910 articles had been published PubMed -indexed journals. Among them Substance-Related Disorders and Accidents, Traffic had the highest (263 records) and lowest (94 records) records respectively. There was not a direct correlation between Years of Life Lost, Years Lost due to Disa...
In recent years,the growth rate of scientific production is increasing noticeabley.Citation analy... more In recent years,the growth rate of scientific production is increasing noticeabley.Citation analysis is currently one of the most widely used metrics for analyzing the scientific contribution of any units. Self-citation is a common practice but it can differ between disciplines, countries and journals. In this study we evaluated the impact factor (IF), citations and self-citations of Iranian and Turkish journals indexed in Web of Science based on the Journal Citation Report(JCR) 2012. We used the ISI-database journal citation report from Thomson-Reuters, JCR 2012, tocollectjournal impact factors, number of articles, number of citations and self-citationsfor both Turkey and Iran from 2009 to 2010 (which was used to calculate the impact factor of 2011). The mean, median and percentiles of each variableswere compared between countries using theIndependent Student t-test or Mann-Whithney U test in the case of violation of normal distribution. In addition therelationship between the numb...
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background and purpose: There are some strengths and weaknesses in current indicators of scientom... more Background and purpose: There are some strengths and weaknesses in current indicators of scientometrics. This study aimed to present a new index of scientometrics in evaluating scientific output of Iranian medical journals. Materials and methods: This exploratory analytical study was done with a scientometric approach in scientific output of 108 medical science journals indexed in Scopus and 63 scientific output of the universities of medical sciences in Iran, 2018. Data were collected using a checklist that included scientometric factors. The inclusion criteria was to have at least two articles indexed in the Scopus database and at least one citation. The index to be calculated was the ratio of the number of articles with at least one citation to zero according to the Odds index. Results: Findings showed that the mean h-index of journals was 14.06 and the mean O-index was 2.29. In universities, the highest mean values of O-index, h-index, and h5-index were 2.724, 85.8, and 45.7, re...
In recent years, scientific output in the field of medical science has grown dramatically, and th... more In recent years, scientific output in the field of medical science has grown dramatically, and the determination of the appropriate index for their measurement is necessary. The purpose of the present study is to review the status of existing scientific and index indicators for the evaluation of scientific outputs in the field of medical sciences. In this review study, using Persian keywords (sciences, indexes, journals, universities, researcher) in the Persian Data bases of Magiran, noormags, Irandoc, National Library, Regional Science, Scientific Information Database (SID), Civilica, and Latin
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: Publication of scientific journals in every country is recognized as one ... more Background and purpose: Publication of scientific journals in every country is recognized as one of the main ways for publishing and development of science and knowledge. The aim of this research was to compare the differences in non-citations of Iranian journals in Persian and English on health indexed in Scopus during 2011 and 2015. Materials and methods: In a descriptive-analytical study, we investigated 85 Iranian journals in Persian and English on health indexed in Scopus database. The list of Journals was obtained from the Ministry of Health and all journals were searched in Scopus database. Data analysis was done in SPSS V.20 applying Mann-Whitney, t-test, and Pearson correlations. P values less than 0.05 were considered significant. Results: There was a weak positive correlation between Iranian journals in Persian and percentage of articles with at least one citation (r=0.4) which was found to be not significant (P=0.123). But in English language journals published by Irania...
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: The status and role of each country in scientific production in specific ... more Background and purpose: The status and role of each country in scientific production in specific fields may indicate the potential and its performance in promoting and improving that particular issue. Cancer is a major health problem in Iran, so this study aimed to investigate the role of scientific production of Iran about cancer. Materials and methods: We conducted a scientometric study using Iranian articles about cancer based on the Scopus database and Web of Science. The electronic search was done according to subject and affiliation for articles published until 2015. Data was then extracted using the Analyze Search Result. Results: According to Scopus at the end of 2015, Iran had 2865 articles about cancer placing the country in 29th position. The H-Index score for the country was 52 which placed Iran in 45 position in the world. The impact factor of articles published by Iranian researchers on cancer in Eastern Mediterranean region was 4 and the number of papers placed Iran i...
Background and aims: Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but the... more Background and aims: Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but their association with health problems and disease burden is doubtful. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between Iranian scientific productions (published in 2010–2015) with disease burden in Iran using Web of Science database. Methods: Data was collected using Scientometric indicators, direct observation, and note taking. The current research included all articles written by Iranian researchers during 2010 to 2015which were published in Web of Science – indexed journals. The search was limited to the affiliation ‘Iran’ and was performed using different keywords including road accident, ischemic heart diseases, major depression disorders, and cerebral vascular diseases, Back Pain, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Bipolar Disorder and Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive. These were believed to have the highest disease burden. Then, the scientometric output...
Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, Jan 16, 2016
Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but its association with hea... more Scientific productions have been accelerated in Iran in past decades but its association with health problems and disease burden is doubtful. The aim of this study is assessment of the relationship between scientific productions with disease burden in Iran in PubMed dataset during 2010 to 2014. The study was performed with the library method. Data Gathered using Scientometrics indicators and direct observation. The current research includes all articles written by Iranian researchers during 2010 to 2014 which were published in PubMed-indexed journals. The search was performed using keywords included road accident, ischaemic heart diseases, major depression disorders and cerebral vascular diseases. In total 910 articles had been published PubMed -indexed journals. Among them Substance-Related Disorders and Accidents, Traffic had the highest (263 records) and lowest (94 records) records respectively. There was not a direct correlation between Years of Life Lost, Years Lost due to Disa...
In recent years,the growth rate of scientific production is increasing noticeabley.Citation analy... more In recent years,the growth rate of scientific production is increasing noticeabley.Citation analysis is currently one of the most widely used metrics for analyzing the scientific contribution of any units. Self-citation is a common practice but it can differ between disciplines, countries and journals. In this study we evaluated the impact factor (IF), citations and self-citations of Iranian and Turkish journals indexed in Web of Science based on the Journal Citation Report(JCR) 2012. We used the ISI-database journal citation report from Thomson-Reuters, JCR 2012, tocollectjournal impact factors, number of articles, number of citations and self-citationsfor both Turkey and Iran from 2009 to 2010 (which was used to calculate the impact factor of 2011). The mean, median and percentiles of each variableswere compared between countries using theIndependent Student t-test or Mann-Whithney U test in the case of violation of normal distribution. In addition therelationship between the numb...
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