Ebadifar Asghar, Baradaran-Eftekhari Monir, Falahat Katayoun, Eltemasi Masoumeh, Sobhani Zahra, Ghalenoee Elham, Habibi Elham, Sarrafzadegan Nizal, Akhondzadeh Shahin, Malekzadeh Reza
Deputy for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education AND Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Research Institute of Dental Sciences AND Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.
Deputy for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
ARYA Atheroscler. 2020 Mar;16(2):72-78. doi: 10.22122/arya.v16i2.2022.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) will be responsible for almost 70% of all deaths in 2020. Therefore, knowledge production to find suitable ways to prevent, diagnosis, and effectively cover this disease in research centers is mandatory. Therefore, the present study is carried out with the aim to examine the results of studies performed in three years in Iranian cardiovascular centers.
Iranian cardiovascular research centers with more than three years of activity from 2015 to 2017 were evaluated. Research output, international collaboration, high quality publication, total citation, and average h-index (H) were evaluated and scored.
23 cardiovascular diseases research centers (CVDRCs) related to 15 universities of Medical Sciences (UMSs) were evaluated. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of age of the research activities in CVDRCs was 11.47 ± 8.60 years. Based on the research ranking, the first three centers were Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Iran, Tehran Heart Center, and Shaheed Rajaei Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran, respectively, all of which have independent budget line. However, there is not any CVD research center in some provinces such as Zanjan, Kurdistan, Lorestan, and Arak, Iran.
Mission oriented research activities in Iranian cardiovascular research centers may be effective in reducing the burden of CVDs. Moreover, establishment of CVD research centers in high risk areas may be useful.
根据世界卫生组织(WHO)的数据,包括心血管疾病(CVD)在内的非传染性疾病将在2020年导致近70%的死亡。因此,在研究中心开展知识生产以寻找预防、诊断和有效应对该疾病的合适方法是必不可少的。因此,本研究旨在考察伊朗心血管中心在三年间开展的研究成果。
对2015年至2017年活动超过三年的伊朗心血管研究中心进行评估。对研究产出、国际合作、高质量出版物、总引用量和平均h指数(H)进行评估并打分。
对与15所医科大学(UMS)相关的23个心血管疾病研究中心(CVDRC)进行了评估。CVDRC研究活动的平均年龄和标准差分别为11.47 ± 8.60岁。根据研究排名,前三个中心分别是伊朗伊斯法罕心血管研究中心、德黑兰心脏中心和伊朗沙希德拉贾伊心血管医学与研究中心,它们均有独立预算项目。然而,伊朗的一些省份,如赞詹、库尔德斯坦、洛雷斯坦和阿拉克,没有任何心血管疾病研究中心。
伊朗心血管研究中心以任务为导向的研究活动可能有助于减轻心血管疾病的负担。此外,在高风险地区建立心血管疾病研究中心可能会有所帮助。