Introduction: With an increasing number of Iranian scientific journals indexed by international databases, assessment of their performance and status is also needed. The present study aims to investigate the international performance of Iranian medical journals. Methods: To conduct the current study, bibliometric research method has been applied. International statuses of 21 Iranian ...

Background and Aim: Scientific journals are known as one of the basic tools in knowledge development in today's world and have a special place in publication of the newest achievements of human knowledge and science. This study aimed to evaluate Iranian journals of medical sciences in Scopus database and determine their level in the world. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical-descripti...

Background and Aim: Self-citation, as one of the limitations of citation analysis, unusually affects the ranking of journals. This study aims to evaluate the degree of relationship between self-citation and immediacy index correlation of Iranian medical journals indexed in Scopus Citation Index between 2005 and 2009. Materials and Methods: The method of the study is survey-descriptive in which...

Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the international status and visibility of Iranian journals which have been indexed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Accordingly, the number of international papers, citations and editorial board members of each journal was studied. Moreover, various measures were utilized to compare the quality of Iranian journals with their international cou...

Background and Aim: Indexing a country's scientific journals in international citation databases can lead to the promotion of its academic status and its participation in global knowledge production. This study aimed to assess the conformity of Iranian English-language medical journals’ citations with the objective criteria of journals in the selected databases. Materials and Methods: This was...