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ArticleActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2013

A scientometric study of general internal medicine domain among muslim countries of middle East (1991 - 2011).

Niloofar Hodhodinezhad, Razieh Zahedi, Hassan Ashrafi-rizzi, Asadollah Shams

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Article in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mustard gas exposure in Iran-Iraq war - A scientometric study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2015
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  3. Oral health in Libya: addressing the future challenges.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2014
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  4. Effect of university policies on research productions: a scientometric study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2014
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4 authors.

Niloofar HodhodinezhadIsfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran.
Razieh Zahedi
Hassan Ashrafi-rizzi
Asadollah Shams

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe position of General Internal Medicine in the Islamic countries in the Middle East has been investigated in the present study. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe scientific productions of the countries in the area on Web of science database during 1990-2011 constitute were examined.

resultsThe result of the survey showed that the share of these countries in world scientific productions is very low. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran are the first to third ones in this domain in order. In view of annual growth rate, Kuwait having high growth rate, is the first one. Libya and Syria are the next ones. The scientific poverty line of Islamic countries in the area was surveyed. The result showed that in view of the scientific poverty line, the highest is Kuwait with the population of 0.04 percent of the world. Next to it, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are the second and third ones.

conclusionThe results of this research showed that the share of Islamic countries in the Middle East in scientific production of this medicine domain is very low. It needs to be paid more attention by the countries in the area.

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General Internal MedicineMiddle East countriesMuslim Countriesscientific productionScientometricsWeb of Science

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PMID23572864
PMCPMC3610590

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