Assari Shervin
Medicine and Health Promotion Institute, Tehran, Iran.
Ann Transplant. 2009 Jul-Sep;14(3):58-61.
Scientific articles are a source of information for other researchers. The aim of the current study was to compare the characteristics of the transplantation related research efforts which have been published in domestic journals and Medline indexed journals from Iran between 1993 and 2003.
MATERIAL/METHODS: Within the study period, 601 transplantation scientific papers had been published from Iran, either in 91 domestic (www.iranmedex.com) or international journals (www.ncbi.com) for all the biomedical articles published between 1993 and 2003 in 91 Iranian journals. The search was conducted using "transplantation" or "transplant" as key words. A printed copy of the papers (if available) was reviewed to identify the transplanted organ, study design, number of authors, and type of article.
Among 601 articles, 545 (90.6%) had been published in domestic journals, and 56 (9.4%) in Medline indexed journals. Frequency of original articles was significantly higher among domestic journals (84.4% vs. 62.5%, p=0.001). The organ type was not significantly different between domestic or Medline indexed journals (61.7%, 71.4%, p=0.556). Mean author numbers was significantly less among domestic in comparison to Medline indexed journals (3.6+/-2.2 vs. 4.6+/-3.0, p=0.047).
It seems that Iranian scientific database is a more important database, not only by means of quantity, but also by means of research characteristics, such as originality of research. So, domestic scientific databases should be regarded as a pool of valuable information, and should be introduced to researchers of other countries, such as Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation region.
科学文章是其他研究人员的信息来源。本研究的目的是比较1993年至2003年间在伊朗国内期刊和被Medline索引的期刊上发表的移植相关研究成果的特征。
材料/方法：在研究期间，伊朗在91种国内期刊（www.iranmedex.com）或国际期刊（www.ncbi.com）上发表了601篇移植科学论文，这些论文涵盖了1993年至2003年间在91种伊朗期刊上发表的所有生物医学文章。搜索以“移植”或“transplant”为关键词进行。对论文的印刷版（如有）进行审查，以确定移植器官、研究设计、作者数量和文章类型。
在601篇文章中，545篇（90.6%）发表在国内期刊上，56篇（9.4%）发表在被Medline索引的期刊上。国内期刊中原创性文章的比例显著更高（84.4%对62.5%，p = 0.001）。国内期刊和被Medline索引的期刊之间的器官类型没有显著差异（61.7%，71.4%，p = 0.556）。与被Medline索引的期刊相比，国内期刊的平均作者数量显著更少（3.6±2.2对4.6±3.0，p = 0.047）。
伊朗科学数据库似乎是一个更重要的数据库，不仅在数量上，而且在研究特征方面，如研究的原创性。因此，国内科学数据库应被视为有价值信息的宝库，并应介绍给其他国家的研究人员，如中东器官移植协会地区的研究人员。
