BACKGROUND The journal impact factor is increasingly employed to evaluate the quality of scientific research. This is in contrary to its critical limitations, e.g., its marked variation across scientific disciplines. This study was conducted to describe, in both quantitative and qualitative terms, the contribution of Iranian universities and research institutes to biomedical publications in 200...

Willem H. de Boer1 [email protected] Joan Lasenby1 [email protected] Jonathan Cameron1 [email protected] Rich Wareham1 [email protected] Shiraz Ahmad1 [email protected] Charlotte Roach1 [email protected] Ward Hills2 [email protected] Richard Iles3 [email protected] 1 Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 2 Pneumacare Limited, Duxford 3 Addenbrookes NHS Hospita...

the aim of the present study is to investigate and compare the role of journals with different access models (including print, database, print/database subscriptions) as well as unsubscribed models in meeting the information needs of shiraz university researchers. using a bibliometric method, the communication studies the references used in shiraz university scientific papers indexed by thomson...

We consider the quasilocal thermodynamics of rotating black holes in asymptotically flat and asymptotically anti de Sitter spacetimes. Using the minimal number of intrinsic boundary counterterms inspired by the AdS/CFT correspondence, we find that we are able to carry out an analysis of the thermodynamics of these black holes for virtually all possible values of the rotation parameter and cosmo...

Abstract ?Background Women are at a higher risk for depression progression, especially during pregnancy. The current study purposed to investigate depression, anxiety, and stress levels of pregnant mothers in the initial stage COVID-19 infection southwest Iran. Methods This cross-sectional was conducted March April, 2020, Shiraz, Pregnant registered maternity clinics affiliated with Shiraz Univ...

To provide quantitative data about the prevalence of malocclusions in the Shiraz orthodontic population, we studied the records of 700 patients (391 girls and 309 boys) aged 6-14 years attending the undergraduate Department of Orthodontics at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The prevalence of Angle class I, II and III malocclusion of first molars was 52.0%, 32.6% and 12.3% respectively. S...

BACKGROUND Liver transplantation (LT) is the standard treatment of end-stage liver diseases (ESLD). Invasive fungal infection is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality after transplantation. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of late-onset (after 6 months of LT) Candida infection in recipients. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate 50 pediatric patients a...