Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...

Dear Editor, Recently, an interesting article entitled “ Publisher pulls 58 articles by Iranian scientists over authorship manipulation “ was published in the Nature’s News and Comment by the E. Callaway that reported the serious misconduct by the group of the Iranian researchers, resulting in BioMed Central (BMC) and Springer, two of the world’s famous publishers, retracting 58 article authore...

Scientific publishing in the modern era, has been exclusively the domain of research giants of the West. Iran as an emerging Middle Eastern research hotspot has managed to gain a foothold in this area. Years of perseverance are starting to pay off; Iranian publications are currently enjoying better visibility and more credibility than ever before. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBM...

BACKGROUND Mucilage compounds are pharmaceutically important polysaccharides that have an extensive range of applications, including binding agents, thickeners, water retention agents, emulsion stabilizers, suspending agents, disintegrates, film formers, and gelling agents. A historical approach to medical science written by Iranian scholars could help in identifying excellent ideas and provide...

Scholarly research on shabih’khani, the Iranian traditional performance generally known as ta’ziyeh, has frequently portrayed creators of this theatrical form religious devotees with little or no knowledge and expertise. Yet, newly discovered manuscripts from Qajar era (1789 to 1925 CE/1168 1304 SH) contain annotations stage directions that can be interpreted directorial notes dramaturgical enh...

89 EDITORIAL Thanks to Our Peer-Reviewers in 2016 The editor would like to acknowledge all those peer-reviewers who have generously dedicated their time during the year 2016 to this journal. The following individuals have reviewed the submitted manuscripts to Iranian Journal of Immunology and their critical comments and helpful suggestions have played a major role in the success of IJI. Thank y...

BACKGROUND Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. OBJECTIVES Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary and Alternative Medicine including Iranian Traditional Medicine have been investigated. MATERIALS ...

Abstract In his study of Arabic phonetics, Asbāb ḥudūṯ al-ḥurūf (The Causes the Genesis Consonants), Ibn Sīnā briefly surveys some speech sounds found in languages other than Arabic, among them one particular to Khwarizmian, an Iranian language attested primarily glosses manuscripts 13th century. This attempts elucidate sound describes both through reference own system phonetic terminology and ...