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Background and Aim: One of the most important indicators in scientific output in the world is the number of articles indexed in international and reliable indices. Many scientific institutions perform statistical analysis on countries, institutions and individuals. An Institution of Scientific Information (ISI) indexes the scientific information of most of international scientific journals. Using information on Web of Science we can evaluate scientific output of countries, universities and individuals and compare them with one another. The aim of this study was to assess the status of scientific output of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences according to scientometric indicators until the end of 2011and compare it with those of other universities within the same rank, in Iran. Materials and Methods: By use of basic search in Web of Science and choosing SCIـEXPANDED index from 1993 to 2011 different affiliated addresses indexed in WOS for Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences combined by using OR operator, then data were collected and analyzed. Results: Total number of records indexed in WOS till the end of 2011 was 157. Maximum and minimum number of records were 111 (71.5%) for original articles and 1 (0.5%) for letter respectively. Maximum number of scientific output belonged to public, environmental and occupational health with 35 (22.87%), tropical medicine with 24 (15.68%), general and internal medicine with 21 (13.75%), pharmacology with 12 (7.19%), and multidisciplinary chemistry with 10 (6.53%) records. Each of the other subjects had less than 10 records. Canada had maximum international collaboration with 7 records and Egypt, Philippines, Thailand, each with one record had minimum international collaboration. Maximum national collaboration was related to Tehran University of Medical Sciences with 29 records and Tarbeyat Modaress University with 13 records. 157 records of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences had been published in 89 journals, among them 23 journals, published maximum number of articles (54%). Only 5 journals were Iranian. Total number of citations was 300 and a median citation per article was 1/91. Average article for every academic member was 1/01. Conclusion: Scientific output of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences has been on the rise. Increase in citations is indicative of improvement of the quality of the articles in this university.

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After Zakaryaye Razi (author of Al-Havi) and before Avicenna (author of the Canon of Medicine), Ali-ibn Abbas-al-Majusi was one of the great physicians and best known for his Kitab Kamil as-sina a attibbiyyah (the perfect book of medical art), also called al-Kitab al- Malaki (the royal book). This book together with Al-Havi and the Canon of Medicine constitute the great medical encyclopedia of Islam and Iran. Working in Adhudi Hospital in Bagdad, Ali-ibn Abbas served as court physician and dedicated his book to king Adhud al-Dawlah Dailami (died in 983 A.D). In the Author’s critical view about old and new physicians, comprehensiveness of this book on diseases and their treatment, sensitivity of the author over education method and style of writing have made this book one of the pillars of traditional medicine, so that it had been the textbook of medicine for several centuries after being translated into Latin, and had been used widely in Persia, Arabic countries and also in many parts of Europe. Ali-ibn Abbas died in Baghadad or Shiraz in 994 AD. Three volumes of kamil as-sina a attibbiyyah had been translated into persian by the corresponding author of this article and published by Institute of Islamic Studies of Tehran University-Mc Gill University Press. This descriptive article is about kamil as-sina a attibbiyyah and its translation is useful to anyone interested in the history of medicine and traditional medicine.

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Background and Aim: At present, the most important factor of scientific productivity in the world is the number of scientific articles indexed in major international databases, and the number of citations given to these articles. Using scientometric methods, we evaluated scientific output of the universities in Sanandaj city including Kurdistan University, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences and Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj in a decade (from 2004 to 2013). Materials and Methods: In this citation analysis study, data collection was carried out on the internet using Scopus citation database. Affiliation of each university was searched through search box of Scopus. We collected data for each university in relation to the following indices: "number of articles published in the last ten years", "number of citations given to the articles in the last ten years", "H- index" and "ten journals" which had published the highest number of articles. Data were analyzed by using "analyze results" part of the database. Results: Three universities with 2049 documents and 9192 citations contributed to one percent of Iran scientific production. Kurdistan University had 1372 documents and 7969 citations, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences had 372 documents and 837 citations and Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj had 305 documents and 386 citations. H-indices for the three universities were 37, 14 and 9 respectively. Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj and Kurdistan University with 98 and 239 documents respectively in 2011 and Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences with 139 documents in 2013 had the highest growth in the number of articles. The ratio of total number of citations to the articles for three universities was 4.5, meaning that each article had received 4.5 citations. This ratio was 5.8 for Kurdistan University, 2.25 for Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences and 1.26 for Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj. Conclusion: Although science production in the universities of Sanandaj has shown an upward trend, but it is lower than the mean national science production. Attention to the potential of researchers of Kurdistan province and revision of the research policies can increase the contribution of this province to scientific productivity of our country. Key words: Scientometrics, Scientific outputs, Scopus Received: May 25, 2014 Accepted: Sep 20, 2014

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Background and Aim: Scientific collaboration is the process during which two or more authors share their ideas, resources, and data to create a joint scientific work. Co-authorship is an element in scientific collaboration. The aim of this study was to determine scientific collaboration in published articles by the Kurdistan University of Medical Science, indexed in Scopus from 2010 to 2014. Materials and Methods: This scientometrics study was conducted using the Scopus database. 425 published articles of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences were assessed from 2010 to 2014. The number of authors, the mean number of authors, the frequency distribution of authors, index of national and international collaboration, and collaboration coefficient among the authors were analyzed in the study. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the number of articles, authors, author’s ratio to the articles and the number of internal and external co-authors. And its formula was used to calculate the level of collaboration. Results: Findings showed that 2219 authors participated in publishing 425 papers, 64 of whom (2.88%) were international authors. Collaboration index, degree of collaboration and collaboration confidence were calculated 5.22, 0.99 and 74.0 respectively. Three-authored articles and 15-authored articles had the most and the least frequencies, respectively. Conclusion: Scientific productions of Kurdistan university of medical science in Scopus from 2010 to 2014 are on the rise. However, the status of international collaboration is low (9%). Authors’ participation in national and international conferences should be supported to improve international collaborations. Keywords: Scientific collaboration, Collaboration Indicators, Co-authorship, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Received: Feb 8, 2015 Accepted: May 4, 2015

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Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of taping therapy on primary dysmenorrhea severity, premenstrual syndrome and its dimensions in Sardasht University students from 2018 to 2019.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study 50 female students with moderate to severe dysmenorrhea and mild to moderate premenstrual syndrome were selected randomly and placed into control (n = 25) and intervention (n = 25) groups by blocking method. The intervention group used tape; the control group did not use anything but were attended in a free training class session. The questionnaires used in this study included demographic and menstrual characteristics questionnaire, visual analog scale questionnaire, premenstrual syndrome checklist and Moos menstrual distress questionnaire. Data obtained from these questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-square test and ANCOVA.
Results:  There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in regard to the demographic characteristics (P <0.05). The mean scores of dysmenorrhea, menstrual distress questionnaires and its dimensions except for arousal, were not significantly different between the intervention and control groups before the intervention (P <0.05). Also, there was no significant difference between the groups in relation to the total scores of dysmenorrhea, menstrual distress questionnaires and its dimensions, except for severity of dysmenorrhea after the intervention (P <0.05). Results of ANCOVA after controlling the confounding variables, showed only a significant difference between the control and intervention groups in regard to the severity of dysmenorrhea (P <0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that taping therapy can be used as an effective non-pharmacological method in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.