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Sohrabi M, Rahmati-Roodsari M, Rahmdar S. Effect of university policies on research productions: ascientometric study. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2014; 28 (1) :386-393
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2339-en.html
ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , sdhj@sbmu.ac.ir
Abstract:   (3600 Views)

  Background : This study aimed to assess the effect of new package of interventions on scientific productions rate in ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences.

  Methods : Through a health system research, we extracted policies from the strategic plan of the university and 10 interventions were developed to increase the scientific productions in terms of quality, quantity and commercialization and to develop infrastructure for research in health service provision and education. For evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, citation and publication indicators for individuals and schools were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test. They were extracted from Scopus and ISI web of knowledge during period of 1/1/2009 to 30/5/2012.

  Results : There was an increasing trend in scientific productions from 2009 to mid-2012. We found 60 percent of total scientific productions of the university were published during last 3.5 years. During this 3.5 years, 10 more percentile of faculty members involved in research. Schools of pharmacy, Medicine and Health had the highest scientific products. Mean for h-index was 1.5 (SD=2.49) in ISI and 1.9 (SD=2.89) in Scopus database (p< 0.001).

  Conclusion : Effective policies and interventions lead to 46% increase in scientific productions from 2009 to 2010 and 56% increase from 2010 to 2011.

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