BACKGROUND Scientometric studies are one of the most important and useful tools to assess the research performance and knowledge impact of researchers. The aim of this study was to map out the scientific performance of the Iranian medical academics with respect to a detailed range of scientometric indicators. METHODS Using scientometric approach, individual and scientific performance data of medical academic staff were extracted from the Iranian Scientometric Information Database (ISID). Total number of publications, total number of citations, citation per paper, h-index, international collaboration, self-citation, SJR decile, i10-Index, Quartile distribution were the studied scientometric variables. Out of the registered 19,023 academic staff, 746 were included in the study through simple random sampling method using random sample extraction function in STATA. Data were analyzed using STATA 14 statistical software package. RESULTS Most of the included academicians were men (60%). A total of 13,682 articles were published by them until 2018, being cited 114,928 times with a mean of 5.77 citation per paper. H-index median was three and about 90% of the staff had an H-index below 10. Number of published papers, cite per paper and H-index metrics were significantly different with respect to gender, academic position/degree, and general field of study (p < 0.05). About 2.5% of published articles were contributed through international collaboration. The scientometric performance of academic staff was highly diverse with respect to the employing institution and its national classification group (type 1, 2, 3). CONCLUSIONS Nevertheless to the great scientific production of medical academics, individual and institutional characteristics were identified as effective variables in academics research performance and should be considered in their assessment. Academicians affiliated with type 2 and 3 universities (based on national ranking of medical universities) had weaker research performance compared to those affiliated with type 1 universities. However, low rate of international research collaborations was a common challenge in medical universities.

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伊朗医学学者的研究表现：国家分析。

背景技术科学计量研究是评估研究人员的研究表现和知识影响的最重要和最有用的工具之一。这项研究的目的是针对科学计量指标的详细范围，绘制出伊朗医学学者的科学表现。方法采用科学计量学方法，从伊朗科学计量信息数据库（ISID）中提取医务人员的个人和科学绩效数据。研究的科学计量变量包括出版物总数，引文总数，每篇论文的引文，h-index，国际合作，自我引文，SJR十分位数，i10-Index，四分位数分布。在注册的19,023名学术人员中，通过使用STATA中随机样本提取功能的简单随机抽样方法，将746名患者纳入研究。使用STATA 14统计软件包分析数据。结果所纳入的院士大多数是男性（60％）。截止到2018年，他们共发表了13682篇文章，被引用114,928次，平均每篇论文被引用5.77次。H指数中位数为3，大约90％的员工的H指数低于10。已发表论文的数量，每篇论文的引用数以及H指数的指标在性别，学历/学位和一般领域方面均存在显着差异研究（p <0.05）。约2.5％的已发表文章是通过国际合作贡献的。就聘用机构及其国家分类组（类型1、2、3）而言，学术人员的科学计量绩效差异很大。结论尽管医学学者的科学成就很高，但个人和机构特征被确定为学者研究绩效的有效变量，应在评估中加以考虑。与第一和第二类型大学附属的院士相比，第二和第三类型大学附属的院士（根据医学大学的全国排名）具有较弱的研究表现。但是，国际研究合作率低是医学大学的普遍挑战。个人和机构特征被确定为学术研究绩效的有效变量，应在评估中加以考虑。与第一和第二类型大学附属的院士相比，第二和第三类型大学附属的院士（根据医学大学的全国排名）具有较弱的研究表现。但是，国际研究合作率低是医学大学的普遍挑战。个人和机构特征被确定为学术研究绩效的有效变量，应在评估中加以考虑。与第一和第二类型大学附属的院士相比，第二和第三类型大学附属的院士（根据医学大学的全国排名）具有较弱的研究表现。但是，国际研究合作率低是医学大学的普遍挑战。