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

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.

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.

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.

Number Name of the Journals Total articles Total citations Citations by authors from outside Iran 1 Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma And Immunology Archives of Iranian Medicine Hepatitis Monthly Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases Iranian Journal of Fertility & Sterility Iranian Journal of Public Health Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International Journal of Fertility & Sterility Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine Iranian Journal of Radiation Research I anian Red Crescent Medical Journal Total

Number Name of the Journals Citations by foreign authors per article Impact factor 1 Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma And Immunology Archives of Iranian Medicine Hepatitis Monthly Daru-Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases Iranian Journal of Fertility & Sterility Iranian Journal of Public Health Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International Journal of Fertility & Sterility Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine Iranian Journal of Radiation Research Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Total Mean= 0.19 (range: ) Mean=0.39 (range: )

Number Name of the Journals Total articles Total citations Citations by authors from outside Turkey 1Journal of Sports Science and Medicine Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Experimental and Clinical Transplantation Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology Turkish Journal of Pediatrics Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni Turkish Neurosurgery Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery Eklem Hastaliklari Ve Cerrahisi-Joint Diseases and Related Surgery Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences Turkiye Klinikleri Tip Bilimleri Dergisi Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi Nobel Medicus Total

No Name of the Journals Citations by foreign authors per article Impact factor 1Journal of Sports Science and Medicine Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Experimental and Clinical Transplantation Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology Turkish Journal of Pediatrics Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni Turkish Neurosurgery Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery Eklem Hastaliklari Ve Cerrahisi-Joint Diseases and Related Surgery Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences Turkiye Klinikleri Tip Bilimleri Dergisi Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi Nobel Medicus00.05 Total Mean= 0.3 (range=0-0.89)Mean=0.35 (range= )

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 Turkey * Iran * *: Only 9 of 25 articles in Turkish and 7 of 8 articles in Iranian journals are from domestic authors

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: Mohyeddin- Bonab, M, et al. Autologous in vitro expanded mesenchymal stem cell therapy for human old myocardial infarction. 2007, 10: Balali-Mood, M, et al. Neurotoxic disorders of organophosphorus compounds and their managements. 2008, 11: Mardani, M, et al. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. 2007, 10:

Iranian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology 5Mirshafiey, A, et al. The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Immunopathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 2008, 7: 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: 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:

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Cil, B, et al. Peripheral vascular applications of the Amplatzer (R) vascular plug. 2008, 14: Yilmaz, S, et al. Endovenous laser ablation for saphenous vein insufficiency: immediate and short-term results of our first 60 procedures. 2007, 13: 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:

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Duygu, H, et al. Myocardial bridge: a bridge to atherosclerosis. 2007, 7: Ikizler, M, et al. Dietary polyphenol quercetin protects rat hearts during reperfusion: enhanced antioxidant capacity with chronic treatment. 2007, 7: 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:

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Duygu, H, et al. Myocardial bridge: a bridge to atherosclerosis. 2007, 7: Ikizler, M, et al. Dietary polyphenol quercetin protects rat hearts during reperfusion: enhanced antioxidant capacity with chronic treatment. 2007, 7: 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:

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: 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.

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 citations Mean Citations per Original article(range)12(0-42)12(0-62)

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.

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%).

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

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.

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.

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.