Aslani J, Khedmat H, Assari S, Khoddami-Vishte H-R, Alaeddini F, Einollahi B, Simforoosh N
Nephrology/Urology Research Center (NURC), Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University, Tehran, Iran.
Transplant Proc. 2007 May;39(4):788-9. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.075.
Scientific articles are indicators of research interest and efforts in every country. The aim of the current study is to describe the characteristics of the transplantation-related research efforts with respect to the domestic published works in Iran between 1993 and 2003.
In a descriptive design, we searched IranMedex (Iranian database for indexing medical articles; available at: http//www.iranmedex.com) for all the biomedical articles published between 1993 and 2003 in 91 Iranian journals. The search was conducted using "transplantation" and "transplant" as key words. A printed copy of the references was reviewed individually so as to identify the transplanted organ, study design, number of authors, and type of article.
Among 11371 articles, 545 (4.8%) were related to transplantation. An increasing trend was observed in the number of publications from 1993 to 2003. Most articles were published in Farsi (90%). The most frequently published articles were original articles (84.4%). The main subjects of were kidney (61.7%), followed by liver (12%) and bone marrow transplantation (10.8%). Cornea was the topic of research in only 3% of the papers. Of all manuscripts, 9.5% consisted of clinical trials. The mean number of authors was 3.6 +/- 2.2 (1 to 14).
Iranian researchers seem to be interested in the topic of transplantation; however, some fields of transplantation are neglected. This pooling of valuable information can be used by other countries, especially by researchers from the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation region. Such databases could form an invaluable network for an exchange of experience in the region to solve common problems.
科学文章是每个国家研究兴趣和努力的指标。本研究的目的是描述1993年至2003年伊朗国内发表的与移植相关的研究工作的特点。
在一项描述性设计中，我们在IranMedex（伊朗医学文章索引数据库；可在http//www.iranmedex.com获取）中搜索了1993年至2003年在91种伊朗期刊上发表的所有生物医学文章。搜索使用“移植”和“移植术”作为关键词。对参考文献的印刷副本进行逐一审查，以确定移植器官、研究设计、作者数量和文章类型。
在11371篇文章中，545篇（4.8%）与移植相关。1993年至2003年期间发表的文章数量呈上升趋势。大多数文章以波斯语发表（90%）。发表最多的文章类型是原创文章（84.4%）。主要研究对象是肾脏（61.7%），其次是肝脏（12%）和骨髓移植（10.8%）。角膜仅在3%的论文中是研究主题。在所有手稿中，9.5%包括临床试验。作者的平均数量为3.6±2.2（1至14人）。
伊朗研究人员似乎对移植主题感兴趣；然而，移植的一些领域被忽视了。其他国家，特别是中东器官移植协会地区的研究人员可以利用这些宝贵信息的汇总。这样的数据库可以形成一个宝贵的网络，用于该地区交流经验以解决共同问题。
