introduction: the articles indexed in accredited citation databases essentially indicate how scientists share knowledge and promote sustainable development in each country. therefore, according to citations to the papers of individuals, it could be possible to assess the rate of their acceptability in the scientific community. the main objective of this study was to review lotka's law of scient...

background: empathy is an important factor in the relationship between the therapist and the patient and leaves positive impacts on the health outcomes. objectives: to investigate the level of empathy for patients among students of zanjan university of medical sciences. methods: the present cross-sectional study was carried out in zanjan university of medical sciences. a sample of 420 students ...

Over the years, the Institute for Studies of the Medical Profession has arranged a number of international, interdisciplinary research meetings, several of them resulting in scientific publications. This was also the case with the symposium that LEFO arranged in the summer of 2014, the topic of which was the relationship between doctors’ professional satisfaction, quality of medical care, and t...

In “Protecting the Navajo People through Tribal Regulation of Research,” Doug Brugge and Mariam Missaghian raise the important issue of obtaining consent from a group before conducting medical/health care research on the group. Although the issue of the need, justification, and implementation for group consent has been increasingly raised in medical and health care research, particularly in gen...

this special supplement to the december 2011 issue of the dental research journal contain the articles adopted from all the research projects and residency programs conducted in cooperation with torabinejad dental research center at the isfahan university of medical sciences. this supplement is intended to serve several purposes: a memorial to professor seyed behrouz mousavi, one of the main fo...