1. Prof. Sadegh Massarrat, MD Dr. Shadi Kolahdoozan, MD

2. Only English journals fulfilled the qualification criteria to be indexed by the ISI with known impact factors (IF) announced at beginning of 2010 were included for evaluation. We calculated the number of all articles published from the beginning of 2007 up to October 2010, the number of total citations and citations from authors outside Iran and Turkey for each journal. We although selected all articles cited at least 6 times by authors outside both countries and analyzed their contents in relation to the originality and the novelty as well as their contribution to the present knowledge.

3. For evaluation of scientific contribution of both countries 61 out of 310 international journals with impact factor of 6 or more with high clinical and basic importance were selected and articles from Iran and Turkey published during 2007 up to october 2010 were chosen.

4. Among 154 approved Iranian journals, 46 are only in English, Twenty-one out 46 English journals are indexed in ISI. Twelve of ISI-indexed Iranian journals, published since 2007 have known IF. Turkey has 28 ISI-indexed English journals, 15 of them 0nly have known impact factor.

5. Number Name of the Journals Total articles Total citations Citations by authors from outside Iran 1 Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma And Immunology 11714351 2 Archives of Iranian Medicine 391410234 3 Hepatitis Monthly 19214032 4 Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy 17613831 5 Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 62316 6 Iranian Journal of Fertility & Sterility 28171 7 Iranian Journal of Public Health 34915331 8 Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 1706438 9 International Journal of Fertility & Sterility 932712 10 Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine 1332914 11 Iranian Journal of Radiation Research 5787 12 I anian Red Crescent Medical Journal 312586 Total20801218463

6. Number Name of the Journals Citations by foreign authors per article Impact factor 1 Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma And Immunology 0.440.97 2Archives of Iranian Medicine0.600.87 3Hepatitis Monthly0.170.72 4Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy0.180.37 5Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases0.100.35 6Iranian Journal of Fertility & Sterility0.040.28 7Iranian Journal of Public Health0.090.24 8Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research0.220.24 9International Journal of Fertility & Sterility0.130.22 10Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine0.110.18 11Iranian Journal of Radiation Research0.120.13 12Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal0.020.07 Total Mean= 0.19 (range: 0.02-0.6) Mean=0.39 (range: 0.07-0.97)

7. Number Name of the Journals Total articles Total citations Citations by authors from outside Turkey 1Journal of Sports Science and Medicine350360 312 2Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology207208 178 3Experimental and Clinical Transplantation186127 119 4Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology154122 89 5 Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology 718356 194 6 Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 13731 4 7Turkish Journal of Pediatrics434218 168 8Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni332141 57 9Turkish Neurosurgery293133 95 10 Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery 34792 52 11 Eklem Hastaliklari Ve Cerrahisi-Joint Diseases and Related Surgery 10120 6 12Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences42782 39 13Turkiye Klinikleri Tip Bilimleri Dergisi853117 16 14 Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi21824 2 15Nobel Medicus1195 0 Total487620361331

8. No Name of the Journals Citations by foreign authors per article Impact factor 1Journal of Sports Science and Medicine0.89 0.82 2Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology0.860.77 3Experimental and Clinical Transplantation0.630.60 4Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology0.580.48 5Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology0.270.38 6 Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 0.03 0.35 7Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0.390.33 8Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni0.17 0.29 9Turkish Neurosurgery0.320.28 10 Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery 0.150.27 11 Eklem Hastaliklari Ve Cerrahisi-Joint Diseases and Related Surgery 0.060.25 12Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences0.090.16 13Turkiye Klinikleri Tip Bilimleri Dergisi0.020.11 14 Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi0.0090.08 15Nobel Medicus00.05 Total Mean= 0.3 (range=0-0.89)Mean=0.35 (range=0.05- 0.82)

9. Country No of Indexed Journals in ISI with Impact Factor Total Articles Total citations Citations by foreign authors per article (mean) Impact factor (mean) No. of articles cited ≥ 6 Turkey15487620360.30.3525* Iran1220801218 0.19 0.398* *: Only 9 of 25 articles in Turkish and 7 of 8 articles in Iranian journals are from domestic authors

10. Archives of Iranian Medicine 1 Mohamadneja d M, et al. Phase 1 trial of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. 2007, 10: 459-466. 2 Mohyeddin- Bonab, M, et al. Autologous in vitro expanded mesenchymal stem cell therapy for human old myocardial infarction. 2007, 10: 467-473. 3 Balali-Mood, M, et al. Neurotoxic disorders of organophosphorus compounds and their managements. 2008, 11: 65-89. 4 Mardani, M, et al. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. 2007, 10: 204-214.

11. Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology 5Mirshafiey, A, et al. The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Immunopathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2008, 7: 195-202. 6 Hosseini- Farahabadi, S, et al. Association between the polymorphisms of IL-4 gene promoter (-590C > T), IL-13 coding region (R130Q) and IL-16 gene promoter (-295T > C) and allergic asthma. 2007, 6: 9-14. Hepatitis Monthly 7Alavian, SM, et al. The Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Peginterferon Alpha-2a vs. 2b for the Treatment of Chronic HCV Infection: A Meta-Analysis. 2010, 10: 121-131.

12. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Cil, B, et al. Peripheral vascular applications of the Amplatzer (R) vascular plug. 2008, 14: 35-39. Yilmaz, S, et al. Endovenous laser ablation for saphenous vein insufficiency: immediate and short-term results of our first 60 procedures. 2007, 13: 156-163 Yerli H, et al. Evaluation of cerebral glioma grade by using normal side creatine as an internal reference in multi-voxel H-1-MR spectroscopy. 2007, 13: 3-9. Kamaz, M, et al. CT measurement of trunk muscle areas in patients with chronic low back pain. 2007, 13: 144-148.

13. Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Duygu, H, et al. Myocardial bridge: a bridge to atherosclerosis. 2007, 7: 12-16. Ikizler, M, et al. Dietary polyphenol quercetin protects rat hearts during reperfusion: enhanced antioxidant capacity with chronic treatment. 2007, 7: 404-410. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine Karli, U, et al. Influence of Ramadan fasting on anaerobic performance and recovery following short time high intensity exercise. 2007, 6: 490-497.

14. Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Duygu, H, et al. Myocardial bridge: a bridge to atherosclerosis. 2007, 7: 12-16. Ikizler, M, et al. Dietary polyphenol quercetin protects rat hearts during reperfusion: enhanced antioxidant capacity with chronic treatment. 2007, 7: 404-410. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine Karli, U, et al. Influence of Ramadan fasting on anaerobic performance and recovery following short time high intensity exercise. 2007, 6: 490-497.

15. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 8Kerem, M, et al. Effects of acute fenthion toxicity on liver and kidney function and histology in rats. 2007, 37: 281-288. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 9Kocabas, E, et al. Role of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and tumor-necrosis factor-alpha in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. 2007, 49: 7-20.

16. IranTurkey Original articles in Basic Research19 in Observational Clinical Studies412 in Randomized Clinical Studies57 in Epidemiology64 in New Drug or New Regimens11 Opinion4- Review Articles14 History of Medicine1- Number of Original Articles2337 Case reports321 Images in Medicine88 Letter to Editors25 Total citations292479 Mean Citations per Original article(range)12(0-42)12(0-62)

17. 1- English Medical Journals from Iran and Turkey have very low impact factors 2-Every one out 3 articles from Turkey and every one out of 5 articles from Iran are cited only one time by foreign authors.

18. 3- Scientists of both countries prefer to publish their valuable works in international journals with high reputation 4- As very few articles in Iranian or Turkish English journals had high citation rate, the lack of citation of other articles by foreign authors is due to low quality of their contents 5-Articles from Turkey have lower self-citation rate than that of Iran (33% vs 62%).

19. 6- By the same high quality,Turkey had 60% more high quality studies, especially randomized controlled trials, published in high reputation journals than Iran. 7- Randomized clinical studies, new drug regimen studies or diseases of the regions, but not research in basic science have high citation by foreign authors

20. 1- تعداد مجلات پزشکي ما بسيار زياد و محتويات آن کم ارزش بوده و قابل توجه قرار نمي گيرد بايد همه مجلات با ارجاع کم حذف يا چند مجله با هم ادغام گردند. 2- محتويات مجلات پزشکي تقليد يا کپي کارهاي علمي انجام شده در جهان است محققين ايراني بايد از انجام بررسي هاي منتشر شده در کشورهاي غربي براي تائيد يا رد با متدلوژي جديد و تعداد کم افراد قويا اجتناب کنند.

21. 3- مجلات نبايد بوسيله افراد يا يک موسسه تحقيقاتي يا يک دانشگاه انتشار گردد بلکه به وسيله انجمن هاي تخصصي که تعداد متخصصين در آن اشتراک منافع صنفي و علمي دارند منتشر شوند. 4- از انتشار چند مجله در يک رشته اختصاصي خود داري شود. 5- انتشار مقالات براي ارتقاء علمي در سطوح پائين دانشگاه نبايد الزامي گردد.

22. 6- مسائل و مشکلات سلامتي جامعه و بيماريهاي منطقه اي با انجام مطالعات طولاني مدت و انجام بررسي هاي باليني کنترل شده بايد مورد توجه تحقيقات قرار گيرد و نتايج اين تحقيقات مي تواند براي جامعه مفيد و با ارزش باشد. 7- با پيروي از چنين استراتژي ممالک جهان سوم از جمله ترکيه و ايران مي توانند سهم مهمي در پيشرفت جهان علم داشته باشند. 8- کشور چين تازه به اهميت نکات بالا پي برده و مقدمات محدوديت انتشارات پزشکي را با جديت مورد بررسي قرار داده است.