Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2009
In Iran, the number of published articles has increased significantly in the basic and applied sc... more In Iran, the number of published articles has increased significantly in the basic and applied sciences including medicine and its subspecialties during the recent years. The present study reviewed Iranian science production in medicine, focusing on Iranian medical journals and assessing the current status of Iranian medical journals in several information databases. The study revealed that only a few number of Iranian biomedical journals were indexed by Web of Science, Medline, Scopus and Biological abstract, but most of them have been covered by Index Copernicus and Index Medicus for Eastern Mediterranean Region. Observing some important factors such as journal's basic publishing standards may increase the number of Iranian medical journals indexed by reputable information databases and improve Iranian contribution to the world science.
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2012
Continuous evaluation of research performance is an effective tool for financial and human resour... more Continuous evaluation of research performance is an effective tool for financial and human resource allocation to promote knowledge production by academic institutions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific performance of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) from April 2010 to April 2011 in the national medical research ranking. This cross sectional study was carried out through running advanced searches in the national, local and international information databases and other websites. Then the data were analyzed in order to demonstrate IUMS scientific production and research status at a national level. From April 2010 to April 2011, about 9% of total Iranian medical articles, 6% of total Iranian ISI indexed articles in medical science and 12% of Iranian PubMed indexed articles affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Although Isfahan University of Medical Sciences stood at the third place in the annual national research ranking, but it was first...
Introduction: Scientific Production is one of the frequently used measures of research performanc... more Introduction: Scientific Production is one of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country, a region or a university. In the present study, the number of approved research projects, congress proceedings, journal articles and books published by the researchers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2006 were identified and then compared with those of 2005. Methods: We performed the present cross-sectional study by searching medical databases and assessing the related documents produced in ...
Methods: At the beginning of 2008, h-indices of all academic members of Iranian medical universit... more Methods: At the beginning of 2008, h-indices of all academic members of Iranian medical universities were screened based on the Scopus database. The attitudes of the faculty members who had an h index of one or more were investigated through a self-structured questionnaire in which increasing factors of the h index and paper citations was assessed. The data were analyzed using statistical methods. Results: The response rate was about 37%. The respondents' attitudes toward the items were not different between the the group ...
Background: The websites of universities by introducing the missions, faculties, departments, cou... more Background: The websites of universities by introducing the missions, faculties, departments, courses, educational levels, research and educational facilities, faculty members, students and alumni to the World Wide Web are of great importance. Nowadays webometric ranking of universities is as important as the academic ranking of universities. Webometric ranking of universities reflects the overall web performance of the universities. Analyzing the researches on Iranian academic websites shows many deficiencies in the ...
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Mar 15, 2012
Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This ... more Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This study introduces the methods and stages of electronic medical records standardization. Methods: The present study is a narrative review of the studies on the stages and methods of electronic medical records standardization. Results: The process of standardization of electronic medical records includes several phases in which demand for a standard stands in the first phase. In the next phases, standard is developed, turns to a prototype and will ...
Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, the websites of Iranian universities and researc... more Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, the websites of Iranian universities and research centers were retrieved via Google search engine. Then their national, regional and international webometrics ranks in webometrics. info at July 2007, January 2008, July 2008 and January 2009 were extracted and compared. Results: The study showed that Tehran university website ranked first in the national level at the four time frames while ranked third in the region and 990th in the world in January 2009. Mashad University stood at the top ...
Introduction: Some of the most frequently used webometric indicators for evaluating and ranking a... more Introduction: Some of the most frequently used webometric indicators for evaluating and ranking academic web sites are web impact factor, number of web pages and number of inlinks. The present study evaluated and ranked top Iranian Medical universities according to the webometric indicators. Methods: The present cross-sectional study has been done on top Iranian medical universities. The number of web pages, inlinks and external inlinks were identified using AltaVista search engine. Then their overall and absolute web impact ...
JOURNAL OF ISFAHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL (I.U.M.S), Mar 1, 2011
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried on 103 patients who were admitted during one month t... more Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried on 103 patients who were admitted during one month to seven Internal medicine wards in Alzahra hospital. For each patient, the primary diagnosis and primary treatment were recorded. Evidence based resources were then searched for randomized controlled trials (RCT's), systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines to find the best research evidence that the treatments were effective. The main outcome measure was the level of evidence which supports the primary intervention for ...
Background: The quality and quantity of published articles are frequently used indicators for mea... more Background: The quality and quantity of published articles are frequently used indicators for measuring the research output of universities. Recent studies reveal the significant development in scientific production of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The aim of this study was to identify the contribution of academic journals published by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the scientific productivity of this university. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out by reviewing total issues of academic ...
Introduction: Several studies indicate a significant growth in research activities and scientific... more Introduction: Several studies indicate a significant growth in research activities and scientific achievements in Iran during recent years. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences as a main university has had a special situation in this regard. The aim of this study was to determine science productions of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences since its establishment, during1985 till 2007. Methods: This was a descriptive study, performed based on the data retrieved from ISI Web of Science and Medline databases. Results: Researchers of ...
Journal of research in Medical Sciences, Feb 12, 2007
BACKGROUND: One of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country or a univers... more BACKGROUND: One of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country or a university is counting the related scientific production. In the present study the number of scientific production including research projects, books, journal articles and conference proceedings published under the name of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were identified and then compared with those reported by Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education for the year
BACKGROUND Accomplishments in stem cell science and tissue engineering have resulted in a remarka... more BACKGROUND Accomplishments in stem cell science and tissue engineering have resulted in a remarkable revolution in the context of future medicine. However, a general insight over the progress of stem cell research in Iran is still lacking. A better understanding of current needs in this field is required to design a better national roadmap. METHODS In this study, we defined the geographical regions based on the significance of their contribution to stem cell research; then, using the Scopus database, we retrieved reports from Iran and other countries concerning stem cell science and regenerative medicine published from 1994 until the end of 2016. RESULTS A significant number of citations belong to North America (6554029 citations equal to 49% of the total citations) and Europe (4425465 citations equal to 33% of the total citations) and the rest of citations were related to Asia (2423352 citations equal to 18% of the total citations). East Asian (2168472 citations equal to 76% of the...
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Feb 15, 2011
Evaluation of health Information Systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the s... more Evaluation of health Information Systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the system which can lead to the improvement in quality of health care services. The main aims of evaluation are to identify the strength and efficiency of system in health care delivery, to identify the weaknesses of the system, and to suggest general recommendations for improving the performance of the system. Evaluation could be performed through various methods. Some experts believe in three general methods including goal-based evaluation ...
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2009
In Iran, the number of published articles has increased significantly in the basic and applied sc... more In Iran, the number of published articles has increased significantly in the basic and applied sciences including medicine and its subspecialties during the recent years. The present study reviewed Iranian science production in medicine, focusing on Iranian medical journals and assessing the current status of Iranian medical journals in several information databases. The study revealed that only a few number of Iranian biomedical journals were indexed by Web of Science, Medline, Scopus and Biological abstract, but most of them have been covered by Index Copernicus and Index Medicus for Eastern Mediterranean Region. Observing some important factors such as journal's basic publishing standards may increase the number of Iranian medical journals indexed by reputable information databases and improve Iranian contribution to the world science.
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2012
Continuous evaluation of research performance is an effective tool for financial and human resour... more Continuous evaluation of research performance is an effective tool for financial and human resource allocation to promote knowledge production by academic institutions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific performance of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) from April 2010 to April 2011 in the national medical research ranking. This cross sectional study was carried out through running advanced searches in the national, local and international information databases and other websites. Then the data were analyzed in order to demonstrate IUMS scientific production and research status at a national level. From April 2010 to April 2011, about 9% of total Iranian medical articles, 6% of total Iranian ISI indexed articles in medical science and 12% of Iranian PubMed indexed articles affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Although Isfahan University of Medical Sciences stood at the third place in the annual national research ranking, but it was first...
Introduction: Scientific Production is one of the frequently used measures of research performanc... more Introduction: Scientific Production is one of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country, a region or a university. In the present study, the number of approved research projects, congress proceedings, journal articles and books published by the researchers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2006 were identified and then compared with those of 2005. Methods: We performed the present cross-sectional study by searching medical databases and assessing the related documents produced in ...
Methods: At the beginning of 2008, h-indices of all academic members of Iranian medical universit... more Methods: At the beginning of 2008, h-indices of all academic members of Iranian medical universities were screened based on the Scopus database. The attitudes of the faculty members who had an h index of one or more were investigated through a self-structured questionnaire in which increasing factors of the h index and paper citations was assessed. The data were analyzed using statistical methods. Results: The response rate was about 37%. The respondents' attitudes toward the items were not different between the the group ...
Background: The websites of universities by introducing the missions, faculties, departments, cou... more Background: The websites of universities by introducing the missions, faculties, departments, courses, educational levels, research and educational facilities, faculty members, students and alumni to the World Wide Web are of great importance. Nowadays webometric ranking of universities is as important as the academic ranking of universities. Webometric ranking of universities reflects the overall web performance of the universities. Analyzing the researches on Iranian academic websites shows many deficiencies in the ...
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Mar 15, 2012
Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This ... more Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This study introduces the methods and stages of electronic medical records standardization. Methods: The present study is a narrative review of the studies on the stages and methods of electronic medical records standardization. Results: The process of standardization of electronic medical records includes several phases in which demand for a standard stands in the first phase. In the next phases, standard is developed, turns to a prototype and will ...
Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, the websites of Iranian universities and researc... more Methods: In a cross-sectional descriptive study, the websites of Iranian universities and research centers were retrieved via Google search engine. Then their national, regional and international webometrics ranks in webometrics. info at July 2007, January 2008, July 2008 and January 2009 were extracted and compared. Results: The study showed that Tehran university website ranked first in the national level at the four time frames while ranked third in the region and 990th in the world in January 2009. Mashad University stood at the top ...
Introduction: Some of the most frequently used webometric indicators for evaluating and ranking a... more Introduction: Some of the most frequently used webometric indicators for evaluating and ranking academic web sites are web impact factor, number of web pages and number of inlinks. The present study evaluated and ranked top Iranian Medical universities according to the webometric indicators. Methods: The present cross-sectional study has been done on top Iranian medical universities. The number of web pages, inlinks and external inlinks were identified using AltaVista search engine. Then their overall and absolute web impact ...
JOURNAL OF ISFAHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL (I.U.M.S), Mar 1, 2011
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried on 103 patients who were admitted during one month t... more Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried on 103 patients who were admitted during one month to seven Internal medicine wards in Alzahra hospital. For each patient, the primary diagnosis and primary treatment were recorded. Evidence based resources were then searched for randomized controlled trials (RCT's), systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines to find the best research evidence that the treatments were effective. The main outcome measure was the level of evidence which supports the primary intervention for ...
Background: The quality and quantity of published articles are frequently used indicators for mea... more Background: The quality and quantity of published articles are frequently used indicators for measuring the research output of universities. Recent studies reveal the significant development in scientific production of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The aim of this study was to identify the contribution of academic journals published by Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in the scientific productivity of this university. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out by reviewing total issues of academic ...
Introduction: Several studies indicate a significant growth in research activities and scientific... more Introduction: Several studies indicate a significant growth in research activities and scientific achievements in Iran during recent years. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences as a main university has had a special situation in this regard. The aim of this study was to determine science productions of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences since its establishment, during1985 till 2007. Methods: This was a descriptive study, performed based on the data retrieved from ISI Web of Science and Medline databases. Results: Researchers of ...
Journal of research in Medical Sciences, Feb 12, 2007
BACKGROUND: One of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country or a univers... more BACKGROUND: One of the frequently used measures of research performance of a country or a university is counting the related scientific production. In the present study the number of scientific production including research projects, books, journal articles and conference proceedings published under the name of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were identified and then compared with those reported by Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education for the year
BACKGROUND Accomplishments in stem cell science and tissue engineering have resulted in a remarka... more BACKGROUND Accomplishments in stem cell science and tissue engineering have resulted in a remarkable revolution in the context of future medicine. However, a general insight over the progress of stem cell research in Iran is still lacking. A better understanding of current needs in this field is required to design a better national roadmap. METHODS In this study, we defined the geographical regions based on the significance of their contribution to stem cell research; then, using the Scopus database, we retrieved reports from Iran and other countries concerning stem cell science and regenerative medicine published from 1994 until the end of 2016. RESULTS A significant number of citations belong to North America (6554029 citations equal to 49% of the total citations) and Europe (4425465 citations equal to 33% of the total citations) and the rest of citations were related to Asia (2423352 citations equal to 18% of the total citations). East Asian (2168472 citations equal to 76% of the...
Iranian Journal of Medical Education, Feb 15, 2011
Evaluation of health Information Systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the s... more Evaluation of health Information Systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the system which can lead to the improvement in quality of health care services. The main aims of evaluation are to identify the strength and efficiency of system in health care delivery, to identify the weaknesses of the system, and to suggest general recommendations for improving the performance of the system. Evaluation could be performed through various methods. Some experts believe in three general methods including goal-based evaluation ...
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