Comparison of the Science Production of Iranian Surgical Society at the Scopus and Web of Science Citation Databases during 2000-2017

The Science is the product of curiosity, thought, reason, wisdom, and individual and group experiences, and all nations of the world are involved in its production. In recent years, the scientific output of various fields, including the field of surgery, has been evaluated and evaluated by various organizations and bases, including ISI and Scopus, within the ISC. Therefore, the results of these measurements can provide practical guidance for practitioners, writers, and scientific publications to reinforce their strengths. The purpose of this study was to compare and compare the production of Iranian surgical community science from 2000 to the end of 2017 using two Scopus and Web of Science citation databases.

The purpose of this study is applied and data collection is descriptive-survey which has been done by a scientometric approach. The statistical population of the study includes all scientific outputs of Iranian surgical researchers using Web of Science and Scopus Citation databases during 2000-2017. The method was done by limiting the keyword Surgery to Topic and restricting it to Iran. Also, using the embedded analysis engine option on the database and downloading and saving the data in Tab Limited format and transferring it to Excel software, the analysis related to each of the research questions was performed and the tables and charts were plotted.

The results of the study showed that Hashemi was recognized by producing 95 records on the Web site and 132 records in the Scopus base of the field's superior researcher. Tehran University of Medical Sciences also has the highest production in both of the most prominent organizations in the field of surgery. The review of journals showed that the Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal published 177 records on the Web site of the Journal of Isfahan Medical School with 304 records in the Scopus database of the leading surgeons. The Iranian researchers in the field of surgery have published their products on the website of the US Department of Medicine on "general internal medicine" and on the scopus site "medicine". Other studies of the present study have identified the countries of Iran's collaborative scientific productions in the field of surgery, which showed that Iranian researchers conducted their most scientific productions at both sites with researchers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

The results showed that the process of dissemination of surgical field products in two bases is increasing. Also the leading authors in the two bases are in the first to third rank, although their number is different in both bases. The results also showed that researchers at the two sites publish their scientific products in different journals and did not confine their scientific productions to specific journals.