Iranians’ contribution to world literature on neuroscience |
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| Authors: | Farzad Ashrafi Hafez Mohammadhassanzadeh Farhad Shokraneh Ali Valinejadi Karim Johari Nazanin Saemi Alireza Zali Niloofar Mohaghegh Hassan Ashayeri |
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| Institution: | 1. Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Scientometrics Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;3. Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;4. Iranian Center for Evidence‐Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;5. Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;6. Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;7. Department of Medical Biotechnology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;8. Department of Medical Librarianship and Information Science, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;9. Department of Rehabilitation, Science, Faculty of Rehabilitation Science, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyse Iranian scientific publications in the neuroscience subfields by librarians and neuroscientists, using Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) via Web of Science data over the period, 2002–2008. Methods: Data were retrieved from the SCIE. Data were collected from the ‘subject area’ of the database and classified by neuroscience experts into 14 subfields. To identify the citation patterns, we applied the ‘impact factor’ and the ‘number of publication’. Data were also analysed using HISTCITE, Excel 2007 and SPSS. Results: Seven hundred and thirty‐four papers have been published by Iranian between 2002 and 2008. Findings showed a growing trend of neuroscience papers in the last 3 years with most papers (264) classified in the neuropharmacology subfield. There were fewer papers in neurohistory, psychopharmacology and artificial intelligence. International contributions of authors were mostly in the neurology subfield, and ‘Collaboration Coefficient’ for the neuroscience subfields in Iran was 0.686 which is acceptable. Most international collaboration between Iranians and developed countries was from USA. Eighty‐seven percent of the published papers were in journals with the impact factor between 0 and 4; 25% of papers were published by the researchers affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Conclusion: Progress of neuroscience in Iran is mostly seen in the neuropharmacology and the neurology subfields. Other subfields should also be considered as a research priority by health policymakers. As this study was carried out by the collaboration of librarians and neuroscientists, it has been proved valuable for both librarians and policymakers. This study may be encouraging for librarians from other developing countries. |
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| Keywords: | authors’ collaboration Iran medical librarians neuroscience scientific production scientometrics |
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