background and aims. this survey was conducted to provide statistical data regarding publications in pubmed-indexed journals from tabriz university of medical sciences faculty of dentistry. materials and methods. the database used for this study was pubmed. the search was conducted using key words including the names of the heads of the departments. papers published between january 1, 2005 and ...

background: diabetes is one of the major concerns in the third millennium; affecting more people every day. the prevalence of this disease in iran is reported to be high (about 7.7%). the most important method to control this disease and prevent its complications from happening is self-care. according to various studies, this method has not found its appropriate place among patients with diabet...

Identifying authorship correctly and efficiently is a difficult problem when the literature is abundant, but poorly recorded. Homonyms are tedious to differentiate. This paper describes how the field of economics has organized itself with respect to author identification. We describe the RePEc project with a special emphasis on the RePEc Author Service. We then discuss how the concept is curren...