The comparison of impact factor and self citation trend between french and german journals

All French and German journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports through 2000-2005 were analysed. The study showed that the portion of French journals entering material to the JCR data bank in 2005 counted 1% whereas the portion of German journals at the same time is 4 times higher. From a total number of 6,088 journals in the JCR in 2005, 427 (7%) were published in Germany, 146 (2%) were published in France, The 6,088 journals in the JCR produced 847,114 articles, 50,276 (6%) appeared in the German journals and 13,913 (2%) in French journals. Of the 22,353,992 citations in 2005, 861,190 (4%) came from German journals and 179,585 (1%) came from French journals.Analysis of data showed that there is a correlation between total-citation and Impact Factors of German journals as well as French journals indexed in the JCR. 32.9% of all citation by German journals in the JCR in 2005 belong to the 7% of German journals with IF 3, and 67.1% of total-citation belong to 93% of journals with IF 3. This correlation is even stronger among French journals, 57% of total citation made by French journals belong to 10% of French journals with IFs 2. From a total number of 433 German journals in 2000 indexed in the JCR, 91% of all population has self-citation rate from 1% to 79%, and from all 427 German journals in 2005, 96% of all population has self-citation rate from 1% to 72%.From a total number of 161 French journals indexed in the JCR in 2000, 82% has self-citation rate from 1% to 100%, and from all 146 French journals in 2005, 86% of all population has self-citation rate from 1% to 79%. The study further showed that the self-citation rates of all German journals in 2000 as well as in 2005 stayed at 12%. The self-citation rate of French journals in 2000 and 2005 are respectively 13% and 12%. The mean value of French journals IFs in 2005 stays 0.25 more than 2000 whereas the mean value of German journals IFs in 2005 shows 0.31 increase with compare to the year 200

Economic Growth and Scientific activities. Interrelations

This study aims to investigate the relation between GDP of countries and patent applications issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the World Intellectual property Organisation (WIPO), and European Patent Office (EPO) through 2002-2005. The main trend of U.S. patenting applications and granted patents is presented over 40 years (1965-2005). The changes over time in the rate of patenting and the number of granted patents are exhibited. The Analyses of data showed that The USA is the leading country filing and granting patents followed by Japan and Germany respectively. The relationship between patent applications and gross domestic product (GDP) of the countries, with applications greater than 500 patents annually, is a linear relationship with a strong correlation coefficient ( R > 0.96), in contrast to the relation of patent applications to the population size R = 0.42 (power law)

A bibliometric study of scientific output in Tabriz University of Medical Science 1988-1996

A bibliometrics analysis was recruited to visualize the scientific output of faculty members of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for a period of eight years (1988-1996) .The subject fields surveyed are: Hygiene and Nutrition, Nursing and Midwifery, Medicine, Para medicine and Dentistry. The general purpose of study is :1- to determine whether academic status and prestige have any impact on the level of productivity, 2- to study the productivity within different fields of medical science.3- to determine the most productive area amongst the fields.4- to determine the least productive one. 5. To illustrate the trend of scientific output through out 1988-1996 in the university. The study illustrated that the number of publications during the period under study witnessed a sharp continuous growth, the study further showed that the population under study produced about 2166 scientific publications in the form of books(7%), periodical article (56%) and research reports (37%). 69.3% of researches were carried out by individual researcher; and the frequency of group research was only 30.7%. The majority of papers and research reports (93.3%) appeared in local journals and only 6.7% of them were published in international journals. The result showed that, those with a higher degree like PhD and postdoctoral qualification published and presented a lot more papers, compared to those who had lesser degree of qualifications. Observation from the analysis highlighted the following points: Medicine is the most productive area amongst the six subject fields (66.5) and Dentistry is the least productive one (1.5%). The number of publications showed a sharp increase during the period of study

Economic Growth and Scientific activities. Interrelations

This study aims to investigate the relation between GDP of countries and patent applications issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the World Intellectual property Organisation (WIPO), and European Patent Office (EPO) through 2002-2005. The main trend of U.S. patenting applications and granted patents is presented over 40 years (1965-2005). The changes over time in the rate of patenting and the number of granted patents are exhibited. The Analyses of data showed that The USA is the leading country filing and granting patents followed by Japan and Germany respectively. The relationship between patent applications and gross domestic product (GDP) of the countries, with applications greater than 500 patents annually, is a linear relationship with a strong correlation coefficient ( R > 0.96), in contrast to the relation of patent applications to the population size R = 0.42 (power law)

Identification of Competencies for Professional Staff of Academic Medical Libraries in Iran

Introduction : The definition of competencies is continuing to become more common in Library and Information Science (LIS). It is used for describing the library positions and the means of assessment. The main object of study was to determine the skills and knowledge that the academic medical librarians required for the emerging roles of medical librarianship in Iran and to find out their education and training needs. Methodology : A survey method was used for gathering data. A structured questionnaire, listing 60 competency statements, which covered six areas, was designed after an extensive literature review. The structured questionnaires were sent to all academic medical sciences departments in Iran, those who had at least an undergraduate or Master’s degree in Library Science throughout the country. A total number of 165 questionnaires were returned and went under analysis. Results : The results of study indicated that the essential competencies which were expected from Iranian academic medical librarians with Bachelor’s degree qualification were “general-and personal competencies”. In addition, “health science reference and information services competencies” were recognized as the second most important competencies for academic medical librarians with Bachelor’s degree qualifications. However, the priority for academic medical librarians with a Master’s degree qualification was “management theory and techniques competencies”. The other priorities were “Health sciences reference and information services competencies”. Conclusion: The study concluded that the confirmed competencies can be used for the assessment and adjustment of the curricula of formal education programs of medical librarianship in Iran

The Trend of English, French, German, and Russian publications in the world wide used database (Medline)

After exploring the trend of publications language in a very famous database in the USA (Medline), all publications of three non-English speaking countries (France, Germany, and Russia) in English and domestic languages indexed in the Medline through 1965-2005 were extracted and analysed. The study showed that the editorial policy of Medline is undergoing change. The policy makers of this database have focused their attention on the literature of science in English

Subject-Based Information Retrieval System in Digital Libraries

Abstract Objective: Information visualization is the study of interactive depictions of abstract and data to strengthen the human cognition. Designing an appropriate information visualization system may be very useful technique for scholars, who intent to get scientific information from digital libraries. The objective of current study was to map and visualize the key-information of dissertations in academic libraries. To achieve the aim, an information retrieval system was designed to present the interactive graphic view of dissertations' subjects in academic. Methods: An information retrieval system was designed by information visualization toolkit that presents the related subjects of dissertations in academic libraries. In addition, the satisfaction-levels of library-users were analyzed by administrating a standard questionnaire (QUIS Questionnaire). Results: The study indicated that the designed IR system helped to provide a user-friendly environment through displaying subjective relations of dissertations, overwhelming variety of colors in displaying information. Fast and easy access to the cover-to-cover information of dissertations and userinteraction facilities are the advantages of designed IR. Analysis of data furthermore indicated that the users' satisfaction from the system was from medium to high grade. Conclusion: Designing the IR-system revealed an excessive influence on users' satisfaction; therefore, proposing such systems for employing in academic libraries is very suitable and its implementation is necessary

Scientific Profiles in the field of Biomarkers (2000-2010)

Biological marker is a term used in many scientific fields and was introduced as a measurable element or a clinical indicator in the abnormal biological processes, pathological condition, or pharmacological intervention. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) from database of Web of Science (WoS) was used to extract all publication indexed as a topic of “Biomarkers” during a period of eleven years through 2000-2010. Extracting of data was restricted to the tag of topics (TS = Biomarkers) from advanced search menu. A total number of 37397 records were extracted on 5 May 2013 and went under analysis. In this study the papers originated jointly by multiple authors from different countries were defined as ones for each country. The study showed that the number of publication in the field of biomarkers showed an increase through the period of study. The number of publication in 2010 was greater than 10 times in 2000. More than 98% of publication was in English. The majority of publication (68%) was in the form journal article. Harvard University, sharing 1,128 papers in the field, was the most prolific university among institutes. The USA contributing 33% of world’s profile in the field was the most productive country. Based on the Bradford’s scattering law, the journal of “Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention” publishing 3.12% of world’s publication was the most prolific journal among core journals. Analysis of data concluded that oncology was the most interesting subject area of scientists in the field of Biomarkers through the last decade

Scientific profiles in the field of female genital mutilation/cutting

Introduction: Females genital mutilation/Cutting is a harmful traditional procedure disturbing the health of girls and women. It has a continuing sexual, physiological and psychological influence on women health life. The objective of current study was to visualize and analyze the global scientific activities in the field of female genital mutilation/Cutting during a period of 15 years through 2001-2015. Methodology: A Scientometric analysis was carried out to depict the global activities towards scientific production in the field of female genital mutilation/cutting during a period of 15 years. The Core Collection of Web of Science database was employed to extract all papers indexed as a topic of female genital mutilation/cutting through 2001-2015. The Science of Science Tool was used to map the co-authorship network of papers in the field. Results: Analysis of data showed that, although the number of papers in the field of female genital mutilation/cutting was not remarkable, but it steady increased through the period of study, so that the number of papers in 2015 was two times greater than those in 2006. English consisting 94% of total publication was the language of publications. The vast majority of publication type was in the form of journal articles (65%). Based on the Bradford Scatterings law the journal of “International of Gynecology Obstetrics” was the most productive journal. USA, England and Australia were the most productive countries in the field. Conclusion: The study concluded that the research activities in the field of FGM/C regarding to the number of circumcised women in the world was very small and insufficient. The psychological aspects of FGM/C have been neglected by the scientists as well as the women health organizations

Mapping catquest scores onto EQ-5D utility values in patients with cataract disease

Background: Mapping from non-performance-based measures onto generic performance-based measures provides an appropriate solution to derive utilities to be used in economic evaluations. Objectives: This study aimed to create a model through which EQ-5D utilities for cataracts can be obtained from scores on the disease-specific Catquest measure. Patients and Methods: One hundred ninety-nine observations from 103 patients who self-administered the EQ-5D, the Catquest and questions on demographic and clinical characteristics were included in the analysis. Data was divided into estimation and validation datasets. To predict EQ-5D utilities, multiple regression analysis, using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and the censored least absolute deviation (CLAD), was performed. Catquest scores, age, gender, and performing surgery were included as explanatory variables. An estimation dataset was used to derive the coefficients, and these coefficients were then validated using a validation dataset. Based on the explanatory power, the consistency, the simplicity, the mean absolute error (MAE) and the correlations between observed and fitted utilities, the most appropriate model was selected. Results: The mean EQ-5D and Catquest scores of the total sample were 0.631 and 15.8, respectively. Age and surgery showed no significant effect for either method. Removing age and surgery, model II was built and given an R2of 0.697, an MAE of 0.1176 for the OLS and an R2of 0.614, and an MAE of 0.1153 for the CLAD method. In the validation stage, the CLAD revealed better prediction ability, with an MAE of 0.198 versus an MAE of 0.209 for the OLS. ICC and Bland-Altman analysis put the CLAD as a preferred method with the following equation: Utilities (EQ-5D) = 0.988 - 0.0281 × Catquest (PD) + 0.102 × gender (male = 1). Conclusions: Based on these results, a mapping function was obtained which appears to be valuable in predicting EQ-5D utilities from Catquest scores. This function gives an appropriate solution to estimate utilities when primary EQ-5D data is not available. Although the model represents good consistency and predictive ability, further examination of obtained function is required with large samples. © 2016, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal