Document Type : Original Article(s)
Authors
1 PhD, Assistant Proffessor, Library and Information Science, Islamic Azad University, Branch of North Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 MSc Student, Student Research Committee, Library and Information Science, Young Researchers Club and Student Researchers Club, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: Since international increase of scientific productions is an indicator in assessing different countries, the purpose of this research is to investigate the scientific productions of Iranian type I pharmacy faculty members (universities of Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Tehran and Mashhad) in the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) during 2006-2008.Methods: In this scientometric research the scientific products of 261 faculty members of Iranian type I pharmacy colleges, indexed in the ISI during 2006-2008, were studied. In order to collect data, the ISI was first searched for the names of all Iranian type I pharmacy faculty members. Then, their addresses and other necessary data were extracted. Finally, the data was analyzed using the analytical software in the ISI and the results were shown in tables.Results: The results show that 84% of the research population were men and 16% were women. Therefore, men had more scientific productions (more than 80%). The scientific productions of Iranian type I pharmacy faculty members indexed in the ISI were 362 articles (89.50% men; 10.52% women), 409 articles (89.48% men; 10.52% women), and 411 articles (92.94% men; 7.06% women) in 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.Conclusion: Based on our results, schools of pharmacy at Tehran, Tabriz, Mashhad, Shiraz, Isfahan and Shahid Beheshti universities of medical sciences produced 42%, 18%, 13%, 11%, 10% and 6% of the scientific productions, respectively. Scientific production growth rate was also found to be 4%.Keywords: Scientific Productions; Pharmacy Faculty Members; Scientometrics.
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