Rapid Scientific Promotion of Scientific Productions in Stem Cells According To the Indexed Papers in the Isi (Web of Knowledge)

Objective: in recent years emphasis has been placed on evaluation studies and the publicationof scientific papers in national and international journals. in this regard the publicationof scientific papers in journals in the institute for scientific information (isi) databaseis highly recommended. the evaluation of scientific output via articles in journals indexedin the isi database will enable the iranian research authorities to allocate and organizeresearch budgets and human resources in a way that maximises efficient science production.the purpose of the present paper is to publish a general and valid view of scienceproduction in the field of stem cells.materials and methods: in this research, outputs in the field of stem cell research areevaluated by survey research, the method of science assessment called scientometricsin this branch of science. a total of 1528 documents was extracted from the isi databaseand analysed using descriptive statistics software in excel.results: the results of this research showed that 1528 papers in the stem cell field in the webof knowledge database were produced by iranian researchers. the top ten iranian researchersin this field have produced 936 of these papers, equivalent to 61.3% of the total. amongthe top ten, soleimani m. has occupied the first place with 181 papers. regarding internationalscientific participation, iranian researchers have cooperated to publish papers with researchersfrom 50 countries. nearly 32% (452 papers) of the total research output in this field hasbeen published in the top 10 journals.conclusion: these results show that a small number of researchers have publishedthe majority of papers in the stem cell field. international participation in this fieldof research unacceptably low. such participation provides the opportunity to importmodern science and international experience into iran. this not only causes scientificgrowth, but also improves the research and enhances opportunities for employmentand professional development. iranian scientific outputs from stem cell researchshould not be limited to only a few specific journals.