TY - JOUR A1 - Taheri, Behjat A1 - Ashrafi-Rizi, Hasan A1 - Shahrzadi, Leila A1 - Najafi, Nayere T1 - The study of outputs and collaboration of Iranian Researchers in disaster in Scopus citation database from 1999 to 2013 Y1 - 2014/4/1 JF - International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management JO - Int J Health Syst Disaster Manage SP - 103 EP - 109 VL - 2 IS - 2 UR - https://www.ijhsdm.org/article.asp?issn=2347-9019;year=2014;volume=2;issue=2;spage=103;epage=109;aulast=Taheri DO - 10.4103/2347-9019.139060 N2 - Background : The phenomenon of collaboration is the largest knowledge sharing network and real interference of researchers in science production and scientific development. So, in the present study we define the outputs and collaborations of Iranian researchers in field of disasters in Scopus citation database from 1999 to 2013. Materials and Methods : Methodology of this study was scientometrics based on collaborations indexes and type of applied study. The population of study composed of all scientific production of Iranian researchers in the field of disasters from Scopus citation database getting indexed from 1999 to 2013 (448 document). Then information for regulation and the final analysis moved to excel software and the collaboration coefficient was obtained by cc formula. The type of descriptive statistics was (frequency, percentage, average, and standard deviation). Findings: Results show that the maximum collaboration were between Iran and Great Britain with (21%) and after that with the United States of America with (20%) and minimum amount of collaboration between Iran with Japan and France with (4%). The group collaboration between authors in1999 − 2011. Results show that Iranian researchers overall can publishe 448 documents in Scopus citation database between 1999 and 2013. Among the years that studied maximum collaboration coefficient in document writing are in 1999 and 2000. Conclusion : Results of author's collaboration coefficient in field of disasters are in appropriate conditions. However, with respect to importance of teamwork and its Influence in the country researches should be encouraged to collaborative research work which can increase quality and numbers of citations furthermore enhanced quantity of scientific production. ER -