Scientometrics Analysis of Iranian Orthopedics Academic Departments

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Authors

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

3 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

Background: Scientometrics is one of the bibliometrics subsets aiming to study the status of scientific development
of scientific and research institutes. This study aimed to investigate the scientific status of orthopedic departments
in different universities of Iran using the national scientometr ics system of the Ministry of Health in Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated the researchers and orthopedic departments in different universities
of Iran based on the data from the scientometrics system of the Ministry of Health in Iran until the beginning of
2021. All researchers and publications related to orthopedics, as well as the relationship of these researchers, have
been studied part-time and full-time. The number of publications, indexing level, academic degree, and academic
position has been also registered and examined through the scie ntometrics system.
Results: This study included 280 researchers from different universities in Iran. The mean number of the published
articles was 20.6±19.8. The highest number of faculty members were from Iran (n=27; 9.64%), Shahid Beheshti
(n=26; 9.28%), Tehran (n=25; 9.28%), as well as Mashhad and Shiraz Universities of Medical Sciences (n=18;
6.42%) in descending order. The overall mean values of the H- and G-index were determined at 5.85±2.7 and
9.3±4.2, respectively. Furthermore, the number of citations per published article wa s obtained at 6.7±1.3. It should
be mentioned that Mashhad University of Medical Sciences obtained the highest H-index (9.6) and G-index (10.6),
respectively.
Conclusion: The scientific productions and publications of the Iranian orthopedic academic institutions were similar
to those of the international scientific institutes in terms of H-index and number of citations per published article. It
is worth mentioning that Mashhad University of Medical Sciences was the leader in this regard.

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  • Receive Date: 04 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 23 February 2021

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