Mazaheri Elaheh, Geraei Ehsan, Zare-Farashbandi Firoozeh, Papi Ahmad
Department of Librarianship and Medical Information Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences and Students Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Knowledge and Information Sciences, School of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2017 Jun 5;6:46. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_70_16. eCollection 2017.
The study aimed to assess interdisciplinary communication among various Educational and Research Departments of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) in clinical medical sciences using social network analysis.
The study was carried out using scientometrics method and interdisciplinary communication network analysis. Interdisciplinary network of 1298 articles in medical sciences published in Journal of Isfahan Medical School was evaluated using macro- and micro-level criteria of network analysis. Ravar Matrix, UCINET, and VOSviewer software were used to analyze the interdisciplinary network of medical sciences articles.
Findings showed that "Students Research Committee" and "School of Medicine," the affiliations of the medical students in general practice with scores of 272 and 197, "Epidemiology and Biostatistics," "Community Medicine," and "Internal Medicine" with 170, 101, and 99, respectively, possessed the first ranking of productivity index in scientific communication. Furthermore, in betweenness centrality index, "Epidemiology and Biostatistics" (3427.807), "Students Research Committee" (2967.180), and "Community Medicine" (1770.300) have an appropriate position in the network. Based on the centrality index, "Epidemiology and Biostatistics" (22.412), "Students Research Committee" (22.185) as well as "Community Medicine" and "School of Medicine" (both 21.554) acquired the least amount of distance with other nodes in network.
Given the increased specialization in medical fields in recent years, communication between researchers with various specializations and creation of interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary departments had turned into an undeniable necessity. Therefore, communication between educational or research departments can facilitate the flow of information between researchers; and consequently, the top ranking departments in this study had more participation in scientific production of IUMS and getting more scores in annual evaluation by scientometrics department. This network analysis showed that researchers in various medical fields closely collaborate with each other and are able to connect with <2 intermediates.
本研究旨在通过社会网络分析评估伊斯法罕医科大学（IUMS）临床医学科学各教育与研究部门之间的跨学科交流。
本研究采用科学计量学方法和跨学科交流网络分析。使用网络分析的宏观和微观标准对发表在《伊斯法罕医学院学报》上的1298篇医学科学文章的跨学科网络进行评估。使用Ravar Matrix、UCINET和VOSviewer软件分析医学科学文章的跨学科网络。
研究结果表明，“学生研究委员会”和“医学院”，即参与全科医学的医学生所属机构，得分分别为272和197，“流行病学与生物统计学”、“社区医学”和“内科”分别得分为170、101和99，在科学交流中生产率指数排名第一。此外，在中介中心性指数方面，“流行病学与生物统计学”（3427.807）、“学生研究委员会”（2967.180）和“社区医学”（1770.300）在网络中占据合适位置。基于中心性指数，“流行病学与生物统计学”（22.412）、“学生研究委员会”（22.185）以及“社区医学”和“医学院”（均为21.554）与网络中其他节点的距离最短。
鉴于近年来医学领域专业化程度的提高，不同专业研究人员之间的交流以及跨学科或多学科部门的创建已成为不可否认的必要条件。因此，教育或研究部门之间的交流可以促进研究人员之间的信息流动；因此，本研究中排名靠前的部门在IUMS的科研产出中参与度更高，并在科学计量学部门的年度评估中获得更高分数。该网络分析表明，各个医学领域的研究人员彼此密切合作，并且能够通过少于2个中介建立联系。
