introduction: the internet and other digital sources of information are widely used tools for research. citations allow readers to locate and further explore sources you consulted, show the depth and scope of your research and give credit to authors for their ideas. in this study, documenting electronic sources in journals of medical sciences universities in 1378-81 was investigated.’ methods: ...

background as a developing country, iran has not had a substantial share in global science production activities; however, this country has recently been the forth country in the world regarding research output publications, and biomedical research has played a crucial role in achieving this honorable position. objectives in this paper, we aimed to introduce the strategies employed at baqiyatal...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: some of the most frequently used webometric indicators for evaluating and ranking academic web sites are web impact factor, number of web pages and number of inlinks. the present study evaluated and ranked top iranian medical universities according to the webometric indicators. methods: the present cross-sect...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION The study of the scientific evidence citation production by famous databases of the world is one of the important indicators to evaluate and rank the universities. The study at investigating the scientific production of Northern Iran Medical Sciences Universities in Scopus from 2005 through 2010. METHOD This survey used scientometrics techniq...

BACKGROUND Researchers and academic institutions need assessment and rating to measure their performance. The criteria are designed to evaluate quality and adequacy of research and welcome by most universities as an international process to increase monitoring academic achievements. The study aimed to evaluate the increasing trend in global ranking of Iranian medical universities websites empha...

background: empathy is an important factor in the relationship between the therapist and the patient and leaves positive impacts on the health outcomes. objectives: to investigate the level of empathy for patients among students of zanjan university of medical sciences. methods: the present cross-sectional study was carried out in zanjan university of medical sciences. a sample of 420 students ...

background and purpose: according to developments related to the relative autonomy of universities and acquired extensive powers by the board of trustees of universities of medical sciences and healthcare services in a twenty-year perspective of country and in the context of the fourth and fifth socio-economic cultural development of country, necessity of developing financial and transactional ...

after foundation of the educational development center (edc) in ministry of health and medical education in 1989, these centers were gradually established in universities of medical sciences in order to promote the quality of education. the necessity of establishment of edcs was tangibly revealed after integration of previous ministry of health and medical science faculties and establishment of...