Publishing in the Field of Health in the Hajj & Pilgrimage

One of the most important scientific products is to publish the articles in scientific research journals that are the result of research works and to judge them before printing. Scientometric indicators publication that describes the research in different scientific communities is a useful element for research management and allocation of funds and facilities in sciences. The purpose of this research is to study the field of health science publishing in Hajj and pilgrimage.

The survey is conducted in the field of scientometric studies. All articles related to the health in Hajj and pilgrimage are studied in the pubmed database. All articles are extracted based on the number of scientific products, organizations, publications and also countries contributions in science publishing.

391 papers were published in the health field including 28 review articles, 3 clinical trials, and the rest were as the original research papers. Iran had only 8 original articles.

According to the results, the local and even foreign researchers had low activity in the field of health in Hajj and pilgrimage. Regarding the health problems and challenges in Hajj which is allocated to the Islam world and the Middle East region, it is an opportunity for Iran to be a pioneer of technology and science production in this field.