Mohammad Hossein Biglu; Susan Shahkhodabandeh; Masoud Asadi
Volume 9, Issue 1 , March and April 2012
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Background: The high prevalence of breast cancer, especially in Iranian young women, led us to survey the published Iranian articles related to breast cancer. The purpose of the current study was to analyze and visualize the trend of scientific output in the field of breast cancer research in Iran as ...
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Background: The high prevalence of breast cancer, especially in Iranian young women, led us to survey the published Iranian articles related to breast cancer. The purpose of the current study was to analyze and visualize the trend of scientific output in the field of breast cancer research in Iran as well as Middle East countries. Methods: In a bibliometric study, all Iranian publication in the field of breast cancer indexed in Medline were extracted and compared with the publications of other Middle East countries during 1965-2008. Medline was searched based on the medical subject headings (MeSH) keywords. In order to make the search more comprehensive, the keywords suggested by the specialists were also included. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Microsoft Word and Excel. Results: Data analysis showed that the number of publications in the field of breast cancer originated from Iran had considerably increased. In fact, from one paper in 1990, the number reached 24 papers in 2008 (105 articles during 2001-2008 vs. 9 articles before 2000). Additionally, Iran ranked the 5th among Middle East countries in terms of number of breast cancer-related publications. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and Center for Breast Cancer at Jihad of Tehran University were the most active centers in the field of breast cancer. The Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (APJCP) published the highest number of Iranian articles in the field of breast cancer research. Conclusion: This study indicated an increasing trend in the number of Iranian breast cancer-related publications in Medline during 1965-2008. The numbers especially had an exponentially increasing trend after 2001. Keywords: Indicators; Scientometrics; Breast Neoplasms; Medline; Iran; Middle East.
Fahime Abbasi; Mohammad Hossein Biglu
Volume 8, Issue 6 , January and February 2012, , Pages 842-851
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Introduction: Scientometric indicators are used for measuring and evaluating the quality and quantity of scientific productions in the scale of individuals as well as institutions. The database of Web of Science (WOS) is one of the most prestigious international databases for analyzing scientific ...
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Introduction: Scientometric indicators are used for measuring and evaluating the quality and quantity of scientific productions in the scale of individuals as well as institutions. The database of Web of Science (WOS) is one of the most prestigious international databases for analyzing scientific publications. This study aimed to determine the relationship between qualitative and quantitative indicators of scientific productions originated by Iranian universities of medical sciences indexed in WOS during 1999-2008. Methods: Using an analytical method, the quality and quantity indicators of publications originated by Iranian universities of medical science were analyzed. Data collection tools were the checklists that we designed in Microsoft Excel. The validity of the checklists was verified by experts. All dissimilar forms of university names were retrieved via Hist-Cite software. The search strategy was conducted based on the obtained various universities names in the WOS database. A total number of 15856 documents were retrieved. SPSS16 was used to analyze the data. KruskalWallis and Spearman tests were used to calculate the chi-square values. Results: Analysis of data indicated a significant difference among three types of universities of medical sciences in the term of quantitative and qualitative indicators. Moreover, the Spearman tests showed a positive and significant correlation between quantitative and qualitative indicators. Conclusion: The study indicated that the universities which produced a greater number of scientific productions also had more favorable conditions in the term of quality attributes such as citations and H-index. This may suggest that the universities have taken into consideration not only the quantitative but also the qualitative aspects of publications
