Authorship Characteristics and Scientometric Indicators of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Iran on Psychiatry

Systematic review and meta-analysis articles are some of the most important sources for generating evidence in all medical science fields, including psychiatry. This study investigates the authorship characteristics and scientometric indicators of the sources of publishing systematic review and metaanalysis articles of Iran on psychiatry.

The present study used qualitative content analysis and scientometric methods. The research community included 206 systematic reviews and metaanalysis articles of Iran on psychiatry published in Scopus in 2021. Authorship characteristics, publication sources, and scientometric indicators of the publication sources of these articles were the things that were investigated. Data analysis was done with the help of Excel software and Scopus analysis facilities.

The study revealed that the subject of 10.6% of the articles was depression and depressive disorder. 25.25% of the articles had between one and three authors, and 74.75% had more than three authors. In most articles, an Iranian was responsible author (85.9%) and first author (90.3%). The authors mainly were affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences and Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The first authors of articles were mostly affiliated with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The Switzerland journal Frontiers in Psychiatry was ranked first among the most productive publishing sources. United Kingdom had the most publications of articles among the countries. Among the sources of publishing articles, the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal of United Kingdom had the highest number of scientific indicators.

Depression and depressive disorders accounted for the most significant percentage of the subjects of the articles. More than half of the articles were favorable regarding the number of authors on the research team. The scientometric indicators of the sources of publishing articles were not favorable, and they need more attention from those in charge.