Evaluation of Scientometric Published Articles by Medical Sciences Researchers in Iranian and Pakistani Journals during 2004-2009

The aim of this research was to explore the quality and quantity of Iranian articles published in the field of medical and related sciences during the period 2004-2009 in Pakistan and Iran academic Journals. The author used Scopus databank. The results indicated that the two Pakistani journals (Journal of Biological Sciences and Journal of Applied Sciences) despite their poor scientometric indexing published more Iranian articles than the Iranian Journals. Publishing papers in journals which are indexed in international indices is regarded as a necessary condition for academic promotion of faculty members and also for the PhD graduates who intend to apply for academic positions. Such a demand tempts researchers to publish papers in journals which despite being indexed in known indices are not highly regarded in research/academic circles. Therefore, to promote research excellence the misguided exercise of publishing in unqualified journals must be discouraged and stopped.