Author/Authors :
Mohammadi Reza نويسنده Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. , Garavand Ali Ghorban نويسنده Instructor of English at Shahid Motahari College, Tehran, IRI , Abhari Shahabeddin نويسنده Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Nikokalam Maryam نويسنده Department of Health Information Management and Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran , Bastani Peivand نويسنده Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran , Ghalaneh Sara نويسنده Department of Health Information Management and Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
Abstract :
Background: The aim of citation and content analysis is to improve the quality of scientific
productions, identify the authors’ trends, etc., and finally provide solutions to improve the
present status. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the citation and content
status of Journal of Health Management and Informatics in 2014 -2016.
Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study performed in 2016. The study population
was all published articles in 2014-2016. Data gathering was done through a self-made
checklist including content (corresponding authors affiliations, type of articles, study
method, financial support, topics, collaboration rate, etc.) and citation analysis (number of
references), language of references, type of references and half life time of references). Data
were abstracted and reported based on the research objectives using Excel software v 2007
and descriptive statistics.
Results: The results showed that from all 67 papers surveyed, 82.08% of the published articles
were original ones, and 98.5% were done through team works. 82.10% of the references
were in the English language and 79.17% of them were journal articles. The half-life of the
references used by authors was 9.70 years.
Conclusion: It is suggested that journal authorities should supervise the resources used by
the authors; they should also provide context for encouraging the authors to publish articles
resulting from research projects and theses.
