Aref Riahi; Afshin Mousavi
Abstract
Aim: Scientific journals are identified as one the most important indicator for Progress and development in new world. This study aims to Comparative Comparison of growth of Asian scientific journals indexed in Scopus database and recognize Iranian journal position. Methods: This research is applied ...
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Aim: Scientific journals are identified as one the most important indicator for Progress and development in new world. This study aims to Comparative Comparison of growth of Asian scientific journals indexed in Scopus database and recognize Iranian journal position. Methods: This research is applied and descriptive-Survey and all Asian journals which indexed in Scopus database during 2000-2015 make Statistical population. Data were collected from www.Scimagojr.com and all journals from any subject were retrieved. We used SPSS and Excel software for analysis data. Findings: Finding shows that there is a positive growth on number of scientific journals’ of Asian countries during the study. Also, most of journals published in Medicine field and quality of east and southeast journals were much better than west and Middle East countries. Conclusion: In order to growth of Iranian journal in scientific database, policy and planning by manager of Health and Science Government of Iran are suggested. Also it is necessary to increase trend of English language for Iranian scientific journal to see more contribution of Iranian journals in region and Asia. Key words: Scientific Journals, Scopus Database, Asian Countries, Iran
