title: Research Performances of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Members.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Scientometric analysis of academic institutions provides useful information for policy makers, international and national organizations to invest in the research fields of the institutions to gain more outputs with less cost. The objectives of this work were to report a scientometric analysis of Islamic states considering a number of indicators.
  
  
  METHODS
  The number of articles and patents published by members of organization of Islamic conference were extracted from Scopus(TM) along with the top journals, authors, document type, universities, language of the publications and subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analyses of data revealed that Turkey is the leading country followed by Iran, Egypt, Malaysia and Nigeria when total numbers of indexed articles in Scopus(TM) are considered. When the articles of 2006-2010 are considered the ranks are Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Egypt and Pakistan.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the increased pattern was observed for scientific performances of OIC members however, more investments are required to fill the gap between OIC members and the leading countries.
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khoubnasabjafari
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sadeghifar
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalili
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ansarin
authors.forename: Abolghasem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jouyban
keywords: Articles; Organization of Islamic Conference; Patents; Research Performance; Scientometrics