Maryam Khoubnasabjafari
1, Eliza Sadeghifar
2, Majid Khalili
3, Khalil Ansarin
4،1, Mohammad R. Rashidi
4,5, Abolghasem Jouyban
4,5*1 Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Med ical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University o f Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Iran
3 Medical Et hics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University o f Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Iran
4 Academy of Medical Science s - I.R. Iran, Tehran, Iran
5 Drug Applied Research Center and Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University o f Medical Sciences, Tabriz , Iran
Abstract
Scientometric data is used in evaluating research
activities and the publications indexed in known databases are one of the most
frequently used tools in scientometric investigations. Methods: The
number of publications from Tabriz, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and
its affiliated research centers during last two decades was investigated using
the gathered data from Scopus® and the findings were discussed in comparison to
the number of publications from Iran. Results: Sharp increased
pattern was observed for the publications of Tabriz University of Medical
Sciences which is in agreement with the increased pattern of national
publications. Conclusion: The increased rate of publication
number in national level was obtained for Tabriz affiliation and an increase in
relative contribution of Tabriz among national publications was observed from
year 2005.