introduction: science production is one of the main dimensions of sustainable development in any country. thus, universities as the major centers for science production play a key role in development. the present study aimed to assess the trend of science production in iran’s type i universities of medical sciences from 2007 to 2012. method: in this study, the universities’ scores of empowering...

Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9679, USA. Saint-Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63103 USA. National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 USA. Weill Medical Colleg...

avesta is the oldest written text remained and extant from iranian old languages. it comprises of a collection of thousands of words and expressions covering almost all fields of religion and the culture of ancient human beings. with regard to what is left of avesta, the contents of the twenty-one nasks (“books”) remained from the sasanian period, and the documents existing in other books perti...

background: continuous improvement of quality in higher education is the ultimate goal of any medical school. evaluation of research and educational status makes it possible to judge about the quality of educational achievements in a system. thus we evaluated the educational and research status of microbiology and virology department, faculty of medicine in mashhad university of medical science...

background today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. the present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences (mums).   methods this descriptive, cross-secti...

introduction: governments’ tendency toward operating budget is because this process results in the reformation of budgeting systems, and thus, assists countries’ economy. iran has also prioritized the changing of traditional budgeting to operating budgeting to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations. the aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of stabilizing oper...

iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. women at childbearing age are at particular risk of developing iron deficiency due to the iron losses associated with menstruation and childbirth. therefore, iron supplements are needed in certain groups, while in particular regions increased dietary intake could be provided through food. this descriptive study attempts to ...

this study represents scientific production of iran in medical sciences field at recent years, and the correlation between scientific productions with the number of indexed journals.data extracted from scopus database between years 2000 and 2011, and iran's performance measured in terms of different scientometrics indexes including self-citations, percent of cited articles, number of articles w...