To study the structure of Iranian chemistry research, we identified 43 Iranian and international chemists who were highly cited in 7,682 Iranian chemistry publications (defined as an article with at least one Iranian author address) indexed in Science Citation Index (SciSearch) between 1990 and 2006, inclusive. We collected cocitation data for these authors from the entire SciSearch file (Dialo...

Within the literature on diasporas, there are disagreements as to whether term diaspora should be applied narrowly, mean communities that have experienced forced migration, or more broadly include any overseas populations. I believe proliferation of usage “Diaspora” is a result divergence motivations and causes mobility including both voluntary migration people.

This paper explores the Venetological re-interpretations of Slovenian origins, according to which Slovenes are not Slavs but Venets, the autochthonous European population, unrelated to anyone around them, culturally distinct and ancient. Although this paper deals with questions of historiography, it does not purport to be a historiographical analysis. Instead, it should be seen as an examinatio...

The number of Welsh speakers in England is a topic of interest as they must represent the major part of the Welsh-speaking diaspora. Their numbers have been the matter of speculation. To try to produce a reliable estimate of their numbers we have used the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS), a record linkage study containing census information on a 1 per cent sample of the population of Wales and Engla...

Negar Taleschian Tabrizi, Barmak Yaaghoubian, Fariba Pashazadeh, Sakineh Hajebrahimi. Students’ Research Committee, Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Iranian Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Urology, Iran...