in research outputs both quality and quantity are of critical value and evaluation of both aspects is required for best evaluation. several studies have worked on single or two-dimensional methods that provide the assessment of quality, quantity or both simultaneously in different branches of sciences, but none of them have played a role in a particular area of medicine. this study has been con...

Background: The number of scientific publication by a country is an important indication of its science generation and development. The aim of this study was to compare the publications in medical sciences of Islamic countries from 2002-2009 with those of a number of developed countries. Methods: The PubMed and CIA World Fact Book were used to extract the number of publications and socioeconomi...

background: the number of scientific publication by a country is an important indication of its science generation and development. the aim of this study was to compare the publications in medical sciences of islamic countries from 2002-2009 with those of a number of developed countries.   methods: the pubmed and cia world fact book were used to extract the number of publications and socioecono...

Introduction Despite the significant number of research institutions and rich scientific heritage, published research from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan) is traditionally underrepresented in international scientific literature. The goal of this paper was to analyze publication patterns in Central Asian countries, and to explore the factors that c...

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