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Sharifi V, Rahimi Movaghar A, Mohammadi M R, Rad Goudarzi R, Sahimi Izadian E, Farhoudian A, et al . Analysis of Iran's Mental Health Research Over 3 Decades: A Scientometric Study
. Advances in Cognitive Sciences 2003; 5 (3) :1-16
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Vandad Sharifi * 
1, Afarin Rahimi Movaghar , Mohammad Reza Mohammadi , Reza Rad Goudarzi , Elahe Sahimi Izadian , Ali Farhoudian , Naghmeh Mansouri , Ali Nejati Safa
1, Afarin Rahimi Movaghar , Mohammad Reza Mohammadi , Reza Rad Goudarzi , Elahe Sahimi Izadian , Ali Farhoudian , Naghmeh Mansouri , Ali Nejati Safa
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Objective: To describe the characteristics of Iran
Method: The articles include those concerned with psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience that were published in the national as well as international scientific journals. These articles were drawn from a national database of published research in psychiatry, psychology as well as neuroscience (IranPsych). For this study, articles were limited to those published in a 30-year period of 1973-2002 (1352-1381 in Persian calendar).
Results: Of a total of 3031 articles published in the 30-year period, 19.8% were published in the international journals. The publication trends showed a marked increase in number over item, especially in the last 5 years. Among research areas, psychology, clinical sciences, and the neurosciences constituted the largest proportions (52.8%, 31.6%, and 13.5%, respectively). The trend of research areas revealed an upward trajectory for the proportion of neuroscience research and a decline in the proportion of mental health service research. The topic of 38.6% of all articles was in the category of mental disorders, with pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy researches constituting 14.5% and 5.7% of the articles, respectively. Among mental disorders, the largest proportions of the published research were about mood disorders, substance use related disorders, and anxiety disorders. The most commonly used research method was cross-sectional, with experimental designs comprising 15.9% and prospective research accounting for 1%. The preferred places for data collection included hospitals, schools and universities. In more than 90% of the articles there were no references to the funding sources and only 2.1% of the articles were carried out with international collaboration of the authors.
Conclusion: The rising trend of mental health research publications shows the significant contribution of nation’s mental health researchers. The results of this study could provide an empirical basis for policy making and strategic planning in mental health research.
Method: The articles include those concerned with psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience that were published in the national as well as international scientific journals. These articles were drawn from a national database of published research in psychiatry, psychology as well as neuroscience (IranPsych). For this study, articles were limited to those published in a 30-year period of 1973-2002 (1352-1381 in Persian calendar).
Results: Of a total of 3031 articles published in the 30-year period, 19.8% were published in the international journals. The publication trends showed a marked increase in number over item, especially in the last 5 years. Among research areas, psychology, clinical sciences, and the neurosciences constituted the largest proportions (52.8%, 31.6%, and 13.5%, respectively). The trend of research areas revealed an upward trajectory for the proportion of neuroscience research and a decline in the proportion of mental health service research. The topic of 38.6% of all articles was in the category of mental disorders, with pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy researches constituting 14.5% and 5.7% of the articles, respectively. Among mental disorders, the largest proportions of the published research were about mood disorders, substance use related disorders, and anxiety disorders. The most commonly used research method was cross-sectional, with experimental designs comprising 15.9% and prospective research accounting for 1%. The preferred places for data collection included hospitals, schools and universities. In more than 90% of the articles there were no references to the funding sources and only 2.1% of the articles were carried out with international collaboration of the authors.
Conclusion: The rising trend of mental health research publications shows the significant contribution of nation’s mental health researchers. The results of this study could provide an empirical basis for policy making and strategic planning in mental health research.
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Received: 2003/05/22 | Accepted: 2003/07/23 | Published: 2003/09/23
Received: 2003/05/22 | Accepted: 2003/07/23 | Published: 2003/09/23
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