50 years of Iranian clinical, biomedical, and public health research: a bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science Core Collection (1965-2014).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A substantial growth has been reported in Iran's number of clinical, biomedical, and public health research publications over the last 30 years. It is of interest to investigate whether this quantitative growth has also led to a larger number of papers with a high citation impact; to explore where the capacity for performing research lies; and which fields/institutions are lagging behind.

Methods

This was a bibliometric study. Web of Science Core Collection and its different tools were used for retrieving and analysing the publications. Information about the journals was found on Journal Citation Reports^®. Different types of collaborations across the highly-cited papers was investigated based on the affiliations, the characteristics of the language of t

SUBMITTER: Mansoori P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6076565 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature