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Original Research

Authors

Karimi MansoorAbad   E. (*)






(*) ‎“Sarem Fertility & Infertility Research Center (SAFIR)” and “Sarem Cell Research Center (SCRC)” ‎, Sarem Women’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran

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Article History

Received:  February  14, 2017
Accepted:  May 21, 2017
ePublished:  June 15, 2018

BRIEF TEXT


Quantitative and qualitative analysis of scientific activities of educational and research units helps to ‎identify the research process, the production and growth of knowledge and information in various ‎fields of science and is applicable in various fields [1].‎

Preparing and publishing articles in scientific journals is one of the most important indicators of ‎research and development of countries. In various cases, scholarly exchanges and scientific ‎communications around the world are studied with the publication of scientific articles in various ‎journals, in order to reveal the rate of production, growth and development of science in each country ‎or discipline [2].‎ One of the methods for researching the status of research is the use of scientometrics methods that ‎compares the scientific production quantitatively and qualitatively with each other and identifies the ‎status of different organizations in the production of scientific information [2].‎ ‎

Sarem Hospital is a specialized hospital in the field of modern delivery and treatment of infertility and ‎other diseases of women, and is one of the rare private hospitals where research is being pursued ‎vigorously. Therefore, it is necessary to study the progress of scientific activities in this hospital. ‎Accordingly, the following questions are needed to evaluate and answer: How has been the scientific ‎information production process of Sarim Specialized Hospital between 1987 and 2013? How has been ‎the scientific production according to the type of product (book, article, abstract of the conference ‎paper and dissertation) during these years? And how much has the hospital's researchers been ‎involved in research and production of science, individually or in group? Therefore, this study was ‎conducted to investigate the scientific production status of researchers at Sarem Hospital in Tehran ‎between 1987 and 2013.‎ ‎

This descriptive study was carried out using a survey.‎





At first, the list of hospital researchers was prepared during the years of 1987-2013, and then the ‎names of individuals and the hospital were searched separately using a check list at the Google Scholar ‎and Magiran databases (Dedicated site for Persian Publications Database). For books, dissertations and ‎conferences, the research papers of people in the hospital's research center were observed and ‎reviewed. The statistical population of this study included all Persian and English documents of the ‎researchers at Research Center of Sarem Hospital and ISI database in the years 1987-2013. After ‎extracting the data, the amount of scientific information produced each year was obtained from the ‎type of document, namely paper, book, conference and dissertation. To find articles related to the hospital at the mentioned sites, the name of the hospital was searched by ‎the Sarem Medical Center, Sarim Hospital, Sarem Specialty and Advanced Hospital, Sarem Hospital, ‎Sarem Woman's Hospital and Sarem Cell Research Center. The coefficient of team collaboration (CC) of the authors was calculated according to formula.‎ Data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software. The absolute and relative frequency of scientific ‎production was evaluated by the type of product, the year of publication, and the percentage of ‎participation.‎

During the period from 1987 to 2013, a total of 168 scientific documents were produced by hospital ‎researchers, which comprised 82 articles (48.8%), 12 books (7.1%), 55 abstracts presented at ‎scientific conferences (32.7%), and 19 theses (11.3%).‎ Of the 82 articles produced, 29 were articles were of the year 2012, and this year had the most ‎frequency of the produced articles (Table 1). The most frequent abstracts of the articles presented at ‎the conferences were related to 2013 with a total of 16 abstracts, and the number of books published ‎by researchers at the center was the same in 1996, 1998 and 2003, with the largest number of books of ‎‎2 per year. The dissertations were also the most frequent in the years 1997 and 2000 with 3 theses per ‎year.‎ In Sarem Hospital, the process of producing scientific works was fluctuating between 1987 and 2013, ‎so that the number of articles written in different years, had the trend of ascending or descending, and ‎fixed steady in different years. The researchers at the center did not produce a single article in 1989-‎‎1991 and 1993-2000, and in 2012, they produced the most articles. The process of publication and ‎translation of the book was almost constant and in the years 1987, 1996, 1998, 2002-2004, 2006, and ‎‎2009, the process was the same. Regarding the status of the articles presented at the conferences, it was ‎constant in some years and was on the rise in 1992, 1997 and 2013. The status of dissertations also ‎showed the same trend and the production of this scientific product continued only until 2005 (Fig. 1).‎The highest number of articles was produced with frequency of 48 (58.5%), among genetic group ‎researchers, and the infertility group was followed by 26 cases (31.7%). The share of researchers in ‎the Department of Women and Laboratories in the production of scientific works was 3 (7.3%) and 2 ‎‎(2.4%) respectively and 3 (3.7%) were also produced by other groups.‎ Among the researchers at the hospital, Dr. Saremi with 195 cases, and Dr. Shaftaqi with 16 cases had ‎the most role in science production. Group participation for science production in all years, except ‎‎1991-1991, had a higher frequency than individual activities (Figure 2). The team's co-operation rate ‎was 0.72.‎

Since research in each research center is designed based on the needs of that center, the growth rate in ‎the number and quality of scientific production can indicate the progress of the center in addressing ‎the concerns and related needs. In this study, Sarem Hospital was as one of the private center ‎specializing in research and development was evaluated. The results of this study indicate the ‎development of the center from 1987 to 2013.‎ According to previous studies, including studies by Azami [3], Bazrafshan and Mostafavi [4], and Abde ‎Khoda et al. [5], validated databases such as ISI and Google Scholar were used to collect the required ‎data for the study. The total number of scientific documents from 1987 to 2013 was 168 for Saram ‎Hospital, which is a significant figure for a private health center. During this period, 82 scientific ‎articles have been published in Iranian or international journals. 55 abstracts have been presented at ‎scientific conferences, which have been remarkable, indicating interest in research and planning at the ‎center.‎ According to the findings of this study, most scientific publications were of research type. A significant ‎part of these products is related to recent years, and the team's co-authorship ratio (72%) indicates ‎that most of the activities in this center are performed in a group work. Also, the participation of this private center with university centers and the implementation of the ‎dissertation research project was appropriate until 2003, that the report suggests that the center has not ‎cooperated with academic centers in the next years. In addition, Sarem Hospital seems to have ‎produced a significant number of books as a private center.‎ Considering the fact that the periodic and multi-year assessment of scientific centers shows the ‎strengths and weaknesses of these centers and improves the quality of the scientific structure, this ‎study showed the strengths and weaknesses of Sarim Hospital in its scientific production in the past ‎years, and its report will improve managerial decisions for the quantitative and qualitative upgrade of ‎the scientific products of the hospital in the coming years.‎





Scientific production of Sarem Hospital has been increasing in recent years. Most of the works ‎produced in this hospital are of the type of research papers. The team co-operation rate among ‎researchers at Sarem Hospital is high in the production of works.‎









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