Introduction: Restless legs syndrome is a sensory-motor disorder that causes sleep disorder. The syndrome in patients undergoing hemodialysis has to do with depression, sleep deprivation, performance disorder, day fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness, stress and anxiety, and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this systematic meta-analysis study was to estimate prevalen...

Background: Gender differences in scientometric indicators among medical faculty members in Iran was investigated. Methods: The Research performance of the faculty at all universities and institutes of medical sciences in Iran was assessed using the Iranian Scientometric Information Database (ISID) on June 12, 2021. Selected variables in our study were name, gender, university, degree, academi...

This editorial deals with the state of the Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBMS) in 2013. In the previous year, we received 613 manuscripts for publication. After peer-review by expert national and international reviewers, 15 % of submitted papers were accepted for publication. As presented in Figure 1, the rejection rate was around 60%. The publication frequency was doubled by swit...

Introduction: Scholarly activities as well as growth in Science and technology have been well established as the basis for development in every country. In recent years due to more attention to research the number of research projects and published articles in Iranian and International journals has gained a rapid increase. Therefore, the evaluation of Medical journals as sources of publishing t...

Much has been written in the past few decades about the reasons why many research articles (RAs) do not find their ways into well-established academic journals. While some doubt viable comparison between "big" English-language journals (to use Swales' 2004 words) or international journals (IJs) and "small" ones published in other local languages, there is still a good many reasons to hope for t...

The invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international English-medium journals. This study builds on the assumption that non-native researchers and prospective academic authors may find the whole strive for publication, and more specifically, the tough review process, less threatening if they are aware of journal reviewers’ expectation...

background: the high prevalence of malocclusion is a public health problem in the world and the third priority in oral care. numerous primary studies have presented reports on the prevalence of malocclusion among iranian children. in combination, the results of these studies using meta‑analysis are highly valuable for health policy‑making. similarly, this study aimed at determining the prevalen...