2019 Volume 4 Issue 2 Supplementary
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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN WEB OF SCIENCE


Mohammad AZAMI1*, Faramarz SOHEILI2, Farshid DANESH3
Abstract

Background& Propose: The main objective of this study was to determine the status of the world’s scientific production and the placement of Kerman University of Medical Science (KUMS) during 1990-2012 in Web of Science (WoS) in order to draw its scientific map. Methodology: This applied research was conducted by using scientometrics methods. All scientific products of KUMS during 1990-2012 indexed in WoS were studied in the autumn of 2013. Data was analyzed by using Excel software and scientific clusters of KUMS scientific production were formed by applying Histcite software. For determining the significant relationship between research variables Pearson correlation coefficient was applied. Findings: The placement of KUMS among Iran universities and scientific institutions and those under the supervision of the Ministries is low. The high cooperation of the researchers of this university is optimal and may result in more scientific production and citations to their works as well. Most proliferated researchers of the university belonged to “parasitology and pharmacology” fields. The amounts of scientific production of other fields were low as to the number of their faculty members. This needs some rapid remedy. The scientific clusters of the extracted scientific production map of the university showed this reality as well. Conclusion: The rate of global citation rate to the scientific production of KUMS is very low and the researchers of this university should take their work impacts into account.


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