Bibliometric analysis of parasitological research in Iran and Turkey: A comparative study

This study was designed to assess and compare the quantity and quality of Iranian and
Turkish researchers working in the field of Parasitology from bibliometric point of view.
Methods: To assess the contributions and achievements of the Iranian and Turkish parasitologists,
bibliometric analysis was carried out based on the citation data retrieved from Web of Science.
Results: The absolute productivity of Turkish and Iranian parasitologists’ papers has almost tripled
for Turkey, from 12 papers in 2002 to 36 papers in 2011, and decuple for Iran, from 10 papers to
123 from 2002 to 2010. The average number of citation per article is about 5.8 and 4 for Turkish and
Iranian parasitologists’ papers, respectively. The “Veterinary Parasitology” journal was the most cited
journal in both countries. The majority (more than 90%) of cited items was foreign journal articles
and one half of all references in journals articles dated 11 and 12 years while one half of cited books
was dated within 14 to16 years for Turkish and Iranian papers, respectively.
Conclusion: Based on observed data and applied model, it is anticipated that the total number of
Iranian and Turkish parasitologists’ publications in Web of Science will exceed of 2512 and 240 articles
per annum for Iranian and Turkish in 2020, respectively