BACKGROUND The content of the mass media is a suitable tool for making changes to the society. One of the most read news in the mass media is nutritional information. The goal of this study is to assess the scientific authenticity of such information published in Iranian popular magazines. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a qualitative study (content analysis) and uses bibliographic approa...

background: we conducted a comprehensive bibliometrics analysis to calculate the h, g, m, a and r indicators for all iranian biomedical research centers (ibrcs) from the output of isi web of science (wos) and scopus between 1991 and 2010. we compared the research performance of the research centers according to these indicators.   methods : this was a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical ...

Parasites and parasitic diseases have been prevalent in Iran according to Iranian ancient scholars and physicians' inscriptions dating back to 865-1496. Some protozoan diseases such as malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been introduced by clinical manifestations and helminthic infections by size and morphology of the worms. Scientific studies of Parasitology started in Iran from 1833, fir...

The 20th Congress of Neurology and Electrophysiology of Iran was held in Tehran from April 30 to May 03, 2013. The congress was supported by Iranian Neurological Association and about 600 physicians and researchers participated in the congress. Prof. Atri, Prof. Federico, Prof. Rostami, Prof. Lotfi, and Dr. Ansarinia, Dr. Salajegheh, Dr. Banikazemi, Dr. Sybilleh, and Dr. Nagga were the internat...

This paper investigates the factors that made international co-authorship between scientists in Iran and elsewhere possible. A questionnaire was sent out to Iranian scientists in fields of physics, chemistry, and biology who had co-authored an internationally published journal article during 2003. The main foreign co-author in each of the articles was identified and questions regarding this co-...