Scientometrics Analysis of Iranian Orthopedics Academic Departments

BACKGROUND

Scientometrics is one of the bibliometrics subsets aiming to study the status of scientific development of scientific and research institutes. This study aimed to investigate the scientific status of orthopedic departments in different universities of Iran using the national scientometrics system of the Ministry of Health in Iran.

METHODS

This cross-sectional study investigated the researchers and orthopedic departments in different universities of Iran based on the data from the scientometrics system of the Ministry of Health in Iran until the beginning of 2021. All researchers and publications related to orthopedics, as well as the relationship of these researchers, have been studied part-time and full-time. The number of publications, indexing level, academic degree, and academic position has been also registered and examined through the scientometrics system.

RESULTS

This study included 280 researchers from different universities in Iran. The mean number of the published articles was 20.6±19.8. The highest number of faculty members were from Iran (n=27; 9.64%), Shahid Beheshti (n=26; 9.28%), Tehran (n=25; 9.28%), as well as Mashhad and Shiraz Universities of Medical Sciences (n=18; 6.42%) in descending order. The overall mean values of the H- and G-index were determined at 5.85±2.7 and 9.3±4.2, respectively. Furthermore, the number of citations per published article was obtained at 6.7±1.3. It should be mentioned that Mashhad University of Medical Sciences obtained the highest H-index (9.6) and G-index (10.6), respectively.

CONCLUSION

The scientific productions and publications of the Iranian orthopedic academic institutions were similar to those of the international scientific institutes in terms of H-index and number of citations per published article. It is worth mentioning that Mashhad University of Medical Sciences was the leader in this regard.

A Normative Framework for the Reconciliation of EU Data Protection Law and Medical Research Ethics

EU data protection law and medical research ethics overlap in scope and content in numerous instances in which personal data are processed in medical research. It is not always the case, however, that the conditions outlined by the two rule-sets precisely coincide. In the past few years, this lack of confluence has led to confusion as to how the two rule-sets should best relate to one another. This confusion has led to different approaches to the relationship being taken, on occasion leading to counter-intuitive conclusions. Unfortunately, there has hitherto been little effort to provide clarity to this confusion. In this regard, this article attempts to provide a general normative framework aimed at facilitating optimally cogent and just reconciliations of EU data protection law and medical research ethics.