Predatory journals exploit open access publication method; they do not carry out the peer review process and editorial assessment properly and publish unassessed articles for financial gain. According to a recent investigation published in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal, about 20% of authors or co-authors of articles published in predatory psychiatric journals have been Iranian. This substantial...

Background and Objective: The quality of the scientific journals is an index for scientific production of a country. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality of all approved the commission of medical journals published in Islamic Republic of Iran during 2011. Materials and Methods: This study was cross-sectional and all the approved Persian and English language med...

Background: Regarding the increasing number of publications of researchers in medical sciences, an increased tendency toward scientific medical journals is seen in Iran. Besides the growing number of these journals, it is of great importance to monitor and control their quality. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative indexes of all 7 scientific medical j...

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the publication status of Iranian scientific journals with regard to scope, organizational affiliation, scientific level, publication language, electronic publication, and full-text access, either free or paid. Methodology: The evaluative research method has been used in this study. A checklist was employed for collection of data related to scop...

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...