Investigating the Most Cited Articles of Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences Indexed in Web of Science Database Between Years 1990 and 2011

Parastoo Parsaei Mohammadi¹, Zivar Sabaghinejad², Fatemeh Rafieinasab³, Raziyeh Hassanzadeh Beheshtabad⁴

¹lecturer at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and a Phd Candidate of Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran. ²lecturer at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and a Phd Candidate of Shahid Chamran University , ahvaz, Iran. ³MSc student, Department of paramedicine school, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. ⁴MSc student, Department of paramedicine school, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences,Ahvaz, Iran.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org//10.13005/bbra/1947

ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyze the published articles of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences indexed in web of science database in a 22 year period between years 1990 and 2011. This is a descriptive study which investigates different aspects of articles published by researchers of the target university and indexed in ISI web of science database from the start of year 1990 till the end of year 2011 such as number of citations, place of publication, year of publication, author and other relevant information. The data gathering tool used in this study was internet and information extracted from ISI Web of Science database. The most cited articles published by the target university were published in year 2008 and the most number of citations were in year 2005 with 88 and 67 citations. Among the most cited articles, original research articles received the most number of citations. Eskandar Hajian was the most cited author of the target university. The most scientific cooperation was with Canada, Belgium, France and South Korea. Also the most cited journals were Toxicon and Journal of Dermatological Treatment. Among different fields of study, the most cited fields were Pharmacology and Medicine, Dermatology, General and Internal Medicine and Toxicology. Although the number of articles indexed in web of science database has increased steadily over the years, the number of citations to these articles hasn't shown the same increase which is not in agreement with national scientific progress roadmap.

KEYWORDS: Scientometrics; ISI articles; Indexing; Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science; Citation

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