visualization of scientific maps enhances the awareness and general recognition of the scientific domains and their structures. it facilitates the study of the existing situation and planning of the future researches as well. the present study sought to discover and generate the scientific map of medicine in iran between 2003 and 2007. it also aimed to determine the most effective medical subje...

core dental journals according to production and citation rates dr. sdj. ghazi mirsaeid * *assistant professor of medical library and information sciences dept., faculty of allied medical sciences and dental research center, tehran university / medical sciences. abstract background and aim: given the rapid expansion of dental journals in one hand, and limitation of resources on the other, it ma...

When evaluated for promotion or tenure, faculty members are increasingly judged more on the quality than on the quantity of their scholarly publications. As a result, they want help from librarians in locating all citations to their published works for documentation in their curriculum vitae. Citation analysis using Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index provides a logical sta...