Introduction: For new scientific field to achieve more coherent position, it needs scientometric analysis more than other fields. This study aims to use citation analysis and scientific mapping of Iranian researchers' publications in stem cell indexed in science citation database up to 2015 Methods: This is an applied descriptive study using scientific mapping method. The population of this ...

Background and purpose: Universities have an important role in science product and promotion of scientific status throughout the country and the world. Therefore, the present research intended to investigate the scientific outputs of researchers and members of academic boards in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in Scopus database during 1992-2013 and mapping this university’s scientifi...

Nowadays, universities and higher education institutions have a critical role in developing countries and it is essential that their performance is evaluated with appropriate methods and criteria. Among the various functions of universities, research and scientific production is the most important one. The evaluation of scientific outputs is an attempt to assess the performance of universities....

Introduction: One of the criteria showing the importance of a research area is the scientific products in that research area. The aim of the current study was to investigate the situation of scientific products on the topic of Patients’ rights indexed in ISI-Web of Science between the years 2000 until 2014. Methods: The method used was descriptive-cross sectional with a Scientometrics...

hedging is a multi-purpose rhetorical strategy which is usually used in scientific arguments to secure ratification of claims, reduce the risk of negation, avoid conflict, manage disagreement and leave room for the audience to assess presented information. hedges are frequently used in research articles to mitigate the findings of research endeavors. the present research aims to investigate the...