A Scientometrics research on Iran Occupational Health Journal

Scientometrics assesses scientific outputs. Iran Occupational Health Journal is dedicated to providing scientific evidence for improving occupational health. Based on the importance of occupational health, this study aimed to do Scientometrics analysis of Iran Occupational Health Journal as one of the important sources of scientific production in this field. The study was conducted using citation and content analysis and census method as sampling method. All published articles between 1392 and 1395 were reviewed. Content analysis was performed by comparing the content of the articles with the research priorities in field of health in Iran. The indexes such as the number of authors, the author's organizational affiliation, the type of articles, the author and the centers that had the highest number of articles were reviewed. Data analysis was done by SPSS software version 19. During these years, the average receipt time to accept articles ranged from 304 days to 56 days. Most published articles were research articles, and the most abundant subjects were ergonomics and then safety. Most articles are provided by men and group authors. The impact factor of this magazine in Scopus has increased from 0.03 to 0.18 from 2012 to 2016, t. The efficiency of Iran Occupational Health Journal has increased in reviewing the received articles over the years. The priorities of published subjects in the journal are in agreement with the research priorities for occupational health in Iran. Over the years, the magazine has become known among different organizations in the country.