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Five-year evaluation of knowledge production in Iranian Traditional Medicine Research Centers
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Monir Baradaran Eftekhari *   , Katayoun Falahat |
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Background and Purpose: According to the strategies proposed by the World Health Organization in the development of traditional medicine, it is necessary to create research infrastructures in order to develop the scientific research bases of traditional medicine to improve public health, and it is necessary to monitor the performance and evaluate research outputs in order to estimate the level of achievement of the goals. Therefore, in this study, we aim to present the results of evaluating the research activities of traditional medicine research centers in a five-year period.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2023 during three stages: compilation and design of the evaluation system, implementation of the evaluation process, and data analysis. The evaluation was carried out in the three basic axes of governance and leadership, knowledge production, and impact with 20 indicators and the ranking results were presented.
Results: This study included 13 research centers of traditional medicine, complementary medicine, history of medicine, Quran and Hadith medicine from 11 universities of medical sciences. The number of active researchers in these centers is 89 and during the evaluation years, 1455 articles published by these centers have been indexed in ISI-WOS, PubMed and Scopus. The ratio of articles to academic staff in these centers is on average 3.26, and 22.3% of articles are published in top 25% journals (Q1) and about 16% are published in international collaboration. In the ranking, Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine of Shiraz, Herbal and Traditional Medicine Research Center of Kerman, and Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center of Tehran ranked first to third, respectively.
Conclusion: The development of research infrastructure in the field of traditional medicine and the expansion of interdisciplinary scientific communication inside and outside the country will be effective in developing the frontiers of knowledge and responding to research needs. |
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| Keywords: Traditional Medicine, Complementary therapies, Program evaluation |
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Memorial article: Origianal Research |
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Received: 2024/02/19 | Accepted: 2024/10/22
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