Scientometrics Study of the Published Articles in Persian Journals in the Field of Biomedical Ethics

This research reviews the scientific productions of the field of biomedical ethics based on articles published in Iranian scientific journals in Farsi (Persian language). The findings showed that from 2003 to 2017, researchers have published 1238 Persian articles in this field. The average annual growth rate of published articles is 23.17 percent, but this growth has been declining since 2013. The citation rate of articles (0.4 per article) suggests a small impact. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Tehran University of Medical Sciences with the publication of 36% and 33% had the largest share in the publication of articles, respectively. Biomedical ethics research was interdisciplinary and researchers from the medical, nursing, and law sciences played a major role in compiling and publishing them. The topics such as medical ethics, medical education, and Islamic ethics were, repetitive subjects in articles, respectively. Only 22% of these articles referred directly to funding provided by universities and research centers.