the number of scientific papers is a conventional metric to measure a country's research performance in a particular area. the aim of this survey was to demonstrate statistical information about orthodontic research published in international and national journals.pubmed as an international and iranmedex and sid as national databases were searched between1997 and 2012. the keyword searching met...

parts: ‘Research ethics,’ ‘Authorship,’ ‘Conflict of interest,’ and ‘Copyright policy.’ Prohibition of redundant publication is mentioned in the ‘Editorial policy’ section of the ‘Editorial and Review Policy’ section. Each manuscript is peer reviewed by three anonymous reviewers selected by the editor and associate editors (‘Peer-review process’ part). General ethical guidelines in HIR are desc...

Networked electronic publication is a relatively new development that has already begun to change the way in which medical information is exchanged. Electronic publications can present ideas that would be impossible in printed text, using multimedia components such as sound and movies. Physicians who use the World Wide Web (WWW) on a regular basis may recognize the value of electronic publicati...

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in partnership with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) UK organized a two day Second International Congress on Publication Ethics at Shiraz from December 4-5th 2014. It was held in collaboration with Iranian Medical Journals Commission, Iranian Society of Medical Editors and National Committee for Ethics in Medical Research Dr. Behrooz Astaneh Ch...

2023 marks the 125th anniversary of foundation Medical Commission Shevchenko Scientific Society’s publication, whose successor today is journal Proceedings Society. Sciences (Medical Sciences, ISSN 2708-8634; eISSN 2708–8642). Dr Eugen Ozarkevych, founder and later Chair in Lviv, initiated publication scientific practical “Medical Collection” («Лікарський збірник») 1898. The journal’s primary p...

Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...