Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications

In research outputs both quality and quantity are of critical value and evaluation of both aspects is required for best evaluation. Several studies have worked on single or two-dimensional methods that provide the assessment of quality, quantity or both simultaneously in different branches of scienc...

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Main Authors: Ali Alavi, Seyed Behzad Jazayeri, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
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Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-04-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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spelling doaj-5f4acbbc28da4c3ba26817f1948cd6ee2020-11-25T03:39:59ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60250173-59692012-04-01504273278Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications Ali AlaviSeyed Behzad JazayeriVafa Rahimi-MovagharIn research outputs both quality and quantity are of critical value and evaluation of both aspects is required for best evaluation. Several studies have worked on single or two-dimensional methods that provide the assessment of quality, quantity or both simultaneously in different branches of sciences, but none of them have played a role in a particular area of medicine. This study has been conducted to compare countries worldwide in the field of medical researches. Measuring both quality and quantity of researches is performed separately. In order to evaluate countries from both aspects of quantity and quality of research outputs, a modified form of the citation per publication (CPPm) and publication per population (PPPm) were used to make these indices comparable through different years and nations by normalizing the values according to the world average standards. When countries are ranked by CPPm, Iceland ranks the 1st with the score of 1.98, Faroe Islands and Gambia rank the 2nd and the 3rd with scores of 1.84 and 1.63, respectively. In PPPm Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark ranked the top three with scores of 13.34, 11.67 and 10.32, respectively. Iran ranked 71 in CPPm and 141 in PPPm. Ranking countries makes it possible to identify countries which have performed better in research outcomes by means of quality and quantity; thus, reforming policies can be taken into action to lower the waste of money, higher quality and quantity of outputs while providing helpful tip(s) for institutions to improve.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/20793.pdf&manuscript_id=20793MedicineScientometricCitation per publicationPublication per population
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author Ali Alavi
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Seyed Behzad Jazayeri
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
Acta Medica Iranica
Medicine
Scientometric
Citation per publication
Publication per population
author_facet Ali Alavi
Seyed Behzad Jazayeri
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
author_sort Ali Alavi
title Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
title_short Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
title_full Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
title_fullStr Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
title_full_unstemmed Situation of Medical Sciences in 50 Top Countries from 1996 to 2010- Based on Quality and Quantity of Publications
title_sort situation of medical sciences in 50 top countries from 1996 to 2010- based on quality and quantity of publications
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Acta Medica Iranica
issn 0044-6025
0173-5969
publishDate 2012-04-01
description In research outputs both quality and quantity are of critical value and evaluation of both aspects is required for best evaluation. Several studies have worked on single or two-dimensional methods that provide the assessment of quality, quantity or both simultaneously in different branches of sciences, but none of them have played a role in a particular area of medicine. This study has been conducted to compare countries worldwide in the field of medical researches. Measuring both quality and quantity of researches is performed separately. In order to evaluate countries from both aspects of quantity and quality of research outputs, a modified form of the citation per publication (CPPm) and publication per population (PPPm) were used to make these indices comparable through different years and nations by normalizing the values according to the world average standards. When countries are ranked by CPPm, Iceland ranks the 1st with the score of 1.98, Faroe Islands and Gambia rank the 2nd and the 3rd with scores of 1.84 and 1.63, respectively. In PPPm Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark ranked the top three with scores of 13.34, 11.67 and 10.32, respectively. Iran ranked 71 in CPPm and 141 in PPPm. Ranking countries makes it possible to identify countries which have performed better in research outcomes by means of quality and quantity; thus, reforming policies can be taken into action to lower the waste of money, higher quality and quantity of outputs while providing helpful tip(s) for institutions to improve.
topic Medicine
Scientometric
Citation per publication
Publication per population
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