Mapping of Scientific Collaboration among Iranian Researchers in Radiology in the ‎Science Citation Index Until 2014‎

• Main Authors: Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam, Hassan Jafari
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Vesnu Publications 2016-04-01
• Series: مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت
• Subjects: Radiology; Medical Imaging; Scientometrics; Collaboration; Iran
• Online Access: http://him.mui.ac.ir/index.php/him/article/view/2463

Introduction: Scientific collaboration is a process in which two or more scientists collaborate in a project or ‎write an article. The purpose of this study was the mapping of scientific collaboration among ‎Iranian researchers in the field of radiology in the Science Citation Index until the end of ‎‎2014. Methods: This applied research was conducted using scientometric and network analysis methods. The ‎study population consisted of all scientific publications in the field of radiology in the Science ‎Citation Index until the end of 2014. A total of 1938 documents were retrieved. Data were ‎analyzed using HistCite, VOSviewer, UCINet, PAJEK, and Excel software packages. Results: The scientific production growth rate was 11.3. The Tehran University of Medical Sciences ‎‎(661 documents) was the most prolific university in this field. The collaboration network ‎showed high density (63%). Conclusion: The collaboration network analysis showed that Saghari, Beiki, Eftekhari, Javadi, Assadi, and ‎Fallahi were the most important authors and the majority of scientific collaboration took place ‎among them. The clustering coefficient of the collaboration network was 0.52.