title: Epilepsy Research in Iran: a Scientometric Analysis of Publications Output During 2000-2014.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to analyze the epilepsy research output of Iran in national and global contexts, as reflected in its publication output indexed in Scopus citation database during 2000-2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was based on the publications of epilepsy research from Iranian authors retrieved Feb. 2015 from Scopus Citation database [www.scopus.com]. The string used to retrieve the data was developed using "epilepsy OR epilepsies" keywords in title, abstract and keywords and Iran in affiliation field was our main string.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cumulative publication output of Iran in epilepsy research consisted of 702 papers from 2000 to 2014, with an average number of 46.53 papers per year. The total publication output of Iran in epilepsy research increased from 2 papers in 2000 to 88 papers in 2014. Hence, with 702 paper, Iran ranked 25(th) among the top 25 countries with a global share of 0.82 %. Iranian publication average citation per paper increased from 0 in 2000 to 7.88 in 2014. Overall, the received citations were 3184 citations during those years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Iran is collaborating with 36 countries with no more than 244 of its papers (35% of its total papers). It is necessary to prepare conditions for epilepsy researchers to collaborate more with international scientific societies in order to produce more and high quality papers.
authors: Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Masoud
authors: M
authors: Rasolabadi
authors: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Masjed-Soleiman Branch, Masjed-Soleiman, Iran.
authors: Seyedeh Moloud
authors: SM
authors: Rasouli-Ghahfarkhi
authors: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Marlin
authors: M
authors: Ardalan
authors: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Marya Maryam
authors: MM
authors: Kalhor
authors: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Jamal
authors: J
authors: Seidi
authors: Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Gharib
keywords: Bibliometrics; Epilepsy; Iran; Scopus; bibliographic database