Author/Authors :
mohammadi, masoud tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of allied medical sciences - department of medical library information sciences, Tehran, Iran , mohammadi, masoud golestan university of medical sciences, Gorgan, Iran , mansouri, mohsen islamic azad university, gorgan branch - department of computer engineering, Gorgan, Iran , azghandi shahri, mojtaba gonabad university of medical sciences - central library, research and technology deputy, Gonabad, Iran , sheikhshoaei, fatemeh tehran university of medical sciences - faculty of allied medical science, Tehran, Iran , abdullahi abubakar, auwal bayero university - school of continuing education - department of library and information science, Kano, Nigeria , daemi, morvarid golestan university of medical sciences, Gorgan, Iran , banisafar, maryam golestan university of medical sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Abstract :
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of scientific collaboration between domestic(Iranian) and foreign authors on their quality indices in articles published in Iranian medicaljournals, indexed in the Web of Science citation database. The present scientometric study wasconducted on the 22 Iranian medical journals that indexed in Web of Science from 2010 to 2016.Using stratified systematic random sampling method and Cochran formula, the sample size wasdetermined 1230 articles. The data analysis was performed by Microsoft Excel and descriptivemethods. The qualitative indices were determined using the Klimogrof-Smirnov test, KruskalWallis test and correlation coefficient. The results revealed that 4.66 percent of the articles werecompiled by Iranian authors, 29 percent written by foreign authors and 6.4 percent was writtenby scientific collaboration between Iranian and foreign authors. The average number of authorsfor each article was 4.9. The journals that have articles which have Iranian authors have a lowerImpact Factor (0.69%) than the journal s articles which is the product of the collaboration ofIranian and foreign authors (0.82%). In conclusion, international collaboration in the writing ofarticles has a direct effect on qualitative indexes of articles, including Impact Factor, 5-yearsImpact Factor, Immediacy index and journal s Impact Factor.
Keywords :
Scientific collaboration , Citation , Scientometrics , Medical journals , Iran
