The Webometric Status of Iran Medical Sciences Universities with Emphasis on Scientific Repositories

Aim: Webometric is the quantitative study of production aspects and use of information resources, structures on the Web. This study aimed to evaluate and rank the websites of Iran medical sciences' universities with an emphasis on scientific repository.Method: 48 websites of Iran medical sciences universities were surveyed. They were studied on 23 March 2017 to 28 March 2017 using webometric methods. Findings: The findings showed that Shahid Beheshti, Tehran and Ahvaz Universities of Medical Sciences had the highest rank among the other universities in webometric, respectively. And also scientific repository of Mashhad with 20.43 percent, Ardabil with 17.60 percent, and Artesh Medical Sciences University with 14 percent of the total score of the survey had the greatest impact on their academic webometric ranking In general,Results: The results showed that the majority of medical sciences universities did not use their repository properly, and in the most universities websites, repository did not show a significant impact on this.