Scientific production of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Web of Science between ۲۰۱۱-۲۰۱۴

Background: Along with the prospers of scientific production, there is a need for the measurement and evaluation of university’s scientific productions, using accepted international indices, to make comparisons between academic institutions. The present study aims to evaluate the scientific production of faculty members affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (SBMU) in the Web of Science from ۲۰۱۱ to ۲۰۱۴. Methods: Faculty members of SBMU were selected based on the last updated list of faculty members extracted from the university's Human Resources Management. The evaluation criteria were total number of the articles, total number of the articles between ۲۰۱۱-۲۰۱۴, total article’s citations, total article’s citations between ۲۰۱۱-۱۴, and H Index extracted from the Web of Science webpage.Results: Totally, ۱۳۰۰ faculty members were evaluated in the study. Scientific productions had an increasing trend from ۲۰۱۱ to ۲۰۱۴. There had been ۶۴۴۵ article person and ۴۱۱۲۰ citations with a Mean (SD) of ۴.۹۶ (۱.۲۲) article participation and ۳۱.۶۳ (۱۲۲.۵) citations to articles which each faculty member had participated in. The mean (SD) H-index of the faculty members was ۲.۲ (۳.۲) with the highest faculty member’s H-index for the School of Pharmacy with the score ۴.۹ (۳.۹). Conclusion: There has been an increasing trend in the scientific production of SBMU in the Web of Science data base. As Iran is among the first three high ranked countries in Western Asia based on scientometric indices, monitoring of scientific production by yearly intervals seems necessary.

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Faculty , Iran , Universities