Scientometrics Immigrants : A New Concept for Health Managers and Researchers: a Commentary

Today, we sometimes see the resistance of researchers and managers of the health system to the concepts of scientometrics and their application in policy and planning, which is partly due to the inappropriate use of these concepts of science production and evaluation of researchers. Lack of sufficient knowledge about this field's benefits seems to be the main reason for this confrontation. Accordingly, researchers and managers who have a defensive attitude towards learning and using scientometrics concepts can be called "Scientometrics Immigrants," and people interested in this field can be called "Scientometrics Native." This defensive attitude can be due to aging, lack of sufficient opportunity to learn these concepts, distrust of indicators, etc. Recognizing and using scientometrics concepts (in general) in different dimensions can help other disciplines, health-related institutions, researchers, and managers in research and provide the basis for their research's quantitative and qualitative growth. Therefore, this article aims to examine scientometrics immigration and its dimensions and the role of librarians and medical informants, as well as scientometrics specialists in helping other individuals and health institutions in the field of production and dissemination of science.