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Diabetes Research in Iran: a Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output

INTRODUCTION: In the developing countries, diabetes mellitus as a chronic diseases, have replaced infectious diseases as the main causes of morbidity and mortality. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently estimates 382 million people have diabetes globally and more than 34.6 million people...

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Autores principales: Rasolabadi, Masoud, Khaledi, Shahnaz, Ardalan, Marlin, Kalhor, Marya Maryam, Penjvini, Susan, Gharib, Alireza
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Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236083
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.160-164
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author Rasolabadi, Masoud
Khaledi, Shahnaz
Ardalan, Marlin
Kalhor, Marya Maryam
Penjvini, Susan
Gharib, Alireza
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Khaledi, Shahnaz
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Kalhor, Marya Maryam
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Gharib, Alireza
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description INTRODUCTION: In the developing countries, diabetes mellitus as a chronic diseases, have replaced infectious diseases as the main causes of morbidity and mortality. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently estimates 382 million people have diabetes globally and more than 34.6 million people in the Middle East Region and this number will increase to 67.9 million by 2035. The aim of this study was to analyze Iran’s research performance on diabetes in national and international context. METHODS: This Scientometric analysis is based on the Iranian publication data in diabetes research retrieved from the Scopus citation database till the end of 2014. The string used to retrieve the data was developed using “diabetes” keyword in title, abstract and keywords, and finally Iran in the affiliation field was our main string. RESULTS: Iran’s cumulative publication output in diabetes research consisted of 4425 papers from 1968 to 2014, with an average number of 96.2 papers per year and an annual average growth rate of 25.5%. Iran ranked 25th place with 4425 papers among top 25 countries with a global share of 0.72 %. Average of Iran’s publication output was 6.19 citations per paper. The average citation per paper for Iranian publications in diabetes research increased from 1.63 during 1968-1999 to 10.42 for 2014. CONCLUSIONS: Although diabetic population of Iran is increasing, number of diabetes research is not remarkable. International Diabetes Federation suggested increased funding for research in diabetes in Iran for cost-effective diabetes prevention and treatment. In addition to universal and comprehensive services for diabetes care and treatment provided by Iranian health care system, Iranian policy makers should invest more on diabetes research.
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spelling pubmed-44992942015-07-31 Diabetes Research in Iran: a Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output Rasolabadi, Masoud Khaledi, Shahnaz Ardalan, Marlin Kalhor, Marya Maryam Penjvini, Susan Gharib, Alireza Acta Inform Med Original Paper INTRODUCTION: In the developing countries, diabetes mellitus as a chronic diseases, have replaced infectious diseases as the main causes of morbidity and mortality. International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently estimates 382 million people have diabetes globally and more than 34.6 million people in the Middle East Region and this number will increase to 67.9 million by 2035. The aim of this study was to analyze Iran’s research performance on diabetes in national and international context. METHODS: This Scientometric analysis is based on the Iranian publication data in diabetes research retrieved from the Scopus citation database till the end of 2014. The string used to retrieve the data was developed using “diabetes” keyword in title, abstract and keywords, and finally Iran in the affiliation field was our main string. RESULTS: Iran’s cumulative publication output in diabetes research consisted of 4425 papers from 1968 to 2014, with an average number of 96.2 papers per year and an annual average growth rate of 25.5%. Iran ranked 25th place with 4425 papers among top 25 countries with a global share of 0.72 %. Average of Iran’s publication output was 6.19 citations per paper. The average citation per paper for Iranian publications in diabetes research increased from 1.63 during 1968-1999 to 10.42 for 2014. CONCLUSIONS: Although diabetic population of Iran is increasing, number of diabetes research is not remarkable. International Diabetes Federation suggested increased funding for research in diabetes in Iran for cost-effective diabetes prevention and treatment. In addition to universal and comprehensive services for diabetes care and treatment provided by Iranian health care system, Iranian policy makers should invest more on diabetes research. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015-06 2015-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4499294/ /pubmed/26236083 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.160-164 Text en Copyright: © Masoud Rasolabadi, Shahnaz Khaledi, Marlin Ardalan, Marya Maryam Kalhor, Susan Penjvini, Alireza Gharib http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ardalan, Marlin
Kalhor, Marya Maryam
Penjvini, Susan
Gharib, Alireza
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236083
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.160-164
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