survey of citations and authors collaboration rate of journal of research in medical sciences

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: information has a big portion in the success of every research system. although journals are the main resources for researchers, the increasing price and number of them have made difficult duties for libraries in providing information needs. methods: in this descriptive survey, data gathered using a check list and results were found with bradford's law and collaboration rate formula. spss software was used to analyze data. results: 386 articles from 21 journals had 4915 citations; the mean for every article was 12.73. the most number of articles were on 2003. 29.53% of articles had 3 authors. authors' collaboration rate was 0.45, which means an average rate. the most cited journals were determined. periodicals had the most use with 69.75%. half life of books was 7.7 years, journals 6 years and dissertations 5.2 years. 90.4 of citations were ton english sources. conclusion: results showed that authors of articles in journal of research in medical sciences had the average number of collaboration rate and tend to teamwork. also citations to periodicals follow bradford's law.