1. Hirsch JE. An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005; 102(46): 16569–572. 2. Gorji A, Roostaazad L, Hassazadeh HM, Asghari L, Atlasi L, Shokraneh F, et al. Ranking of Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services’ (IUMS) Faculties Using H-Index, G-Index, and m parameter (up to the end of 2008). Journal of Health Administration. 2010;13(42):17-25. Persian 3. Bornmann L, Mutz R, Daniel HD. Are there better indices for evaluation purposes than the h index? A comparison of nine different variants of the h index using data from biomedicine. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2008; 59(5): 830–7. 4. Ball P. Achievement index climbs the ranks. Nature. 2007;448(7155):737. 5. Vilchez-Roman C. Bibliometric factors associated with h-index of Peruvian researchers with publications indexed on Web of Science and Scopus databases. Transinformação. 2014; 26(2):143-54. 6. Maharana RK, Das P. Research publication trend of Utkal University’s researchers indexed in Scopus during 2008 to 2012: a bibliometric analysis. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal); 2013. 7. Meena M, Nagarajan M. Indian research output on malaria: a bibliometric study using scopus database. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science. 2013;2(4):192-6. 8. Huamaní C, Romaní F, González-Alcaide G, Mejia MO, Ramos JM4, Espinoza M, et al. South American collaboration in scientific publications on leishmaniasis: bibliometric analysis in SCOPUS (2000-2011). Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2014;56(5):381-90. 9. Norris M, Charles O. Peer review and the h-index: two studies. Journal of Informetrics. 2010; 4(3): 221-32. 10. Rezek I, McDonald RJ, Kallmes DF. Is the h-index predictive of greater NIH funding success among academic radiologists? Acad Radiol. 2011;18(11):1337-40. 11. Pagel PS, Hudetz JA. H-index is a sensitive indicator of academic activity in highly productive anaesthesiologists: results of a bibliometric analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2011;55(9):1085-9. 12. Katranidis SD, Panagiotidis T, Zontanos C. An evaluation of the Greek Universities’ economics departments. Bulletin of Economic Research, 2014;66(2): 173-82. 13. Benway BM, Kalidas P, Cabello JM, Bhayani SB. Does citation analysis reveal association between h-index and academic rank in urology? Urology. 2009;74(1):30-3. 14. Ruane F, Richard SJ. Rational (successive) h-indices: An application to economics in the Republic of Ireland. Scientometrics. 2008; 75(2): 395–405. 15. Doja A, Eady K, Horsley T, Bould MD, Victor JC, Sampson M. The h-index in medical education: an analysis of medical education journal editorial boards. BMC Med Educ. 2014;14:251. 16. Rad AE, Brinjikji W, Cloft HJ, Kallmes DF. The H-index in academic radiology. Acad Radiol. 2010;17(7):817-21. 17. Khan N, Thompson CJ, Choudhri AF, Boop FA, Klimo P. Part I: The application of the h-index to groups of individuals and departments in academic neurosurgery. World Neurosurg. 2013;80(6):759-65. 18. Minasny B, Hartemink AE, McBratney A. Soil science and the h index. Scientometrics. 2007;73(3): 257-64. 19. Jamali J, Manavifar L, Jamali MR. Evaluation of the scientific output of the faculty members of the paramedical school, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences based on Scopus database up to the end of 2012. Sadra Medical Journal. 2014; 2(3): 203-12. 20. Mobasheri M, Moradi M, Rafie S, Sharifi A. Scientific output of Shahrekord University of medical sciences (Iran) in ISI database from 1993 to the end of 2011 according to scientometric indicators. J Shahrekord Univ Med Sci. 2013; 14 (6):115-23. Persian 21. Yousefi A, Gilvari A, Shahmirzadi T, Hemmat M, Keshavarz M. A survey of scientific production of Iranian researchers in the field of immunology in the ISI database. Razi Journal of Medical Sciences. 2012; 19 (96): 1-11. Persian 22. Rahmati-Roodsari M, Sohrabi M. Scientific production of nutrition school of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Scopus and ISI in 2009-mid 2012. Iranian Journal of Nutrition Sciences & Food Technology. 2013; 7(5):79-86. 23. Mohammad Hassanzadeh H, Valinejadi A, Naghipour M, Farshid P, Bakhtiarzadeh A. Analysis of Iranian scientific production in medical sciences using Scientometrics in Web of Science Database 1978-2007. Medical Sciences. 2010; 20 (3): 212-20. Persian 24. Ehtesham H. Evaluation of scientific output of researchers at Birjand University of Medical Sciences in web of science during 2000-2011. J Birjand Univ Med Sci. 2012; 19(3):324-31. Persian 25. Mohammad Hassanzadeh H, Gorji HA, Shokraneh F, Valinejad A. Scientific products of Iran University of medical sciences' authors with co-authorship networks in Web of Science (WOS) database, up to 2007. Journal of Health Administration. 2009;11(34):59-66. Persian 26. Soheili F. Mapping the structure of scientific publication of Tehran medical university in web of science database. Health Information Management. 2011; 8(6): 861-71. Persian 27. Roodi G, Fallah M. Hirsh index: a model appropriate for calculation of scientific output of Gilan and Golestan universites of Medical Sciences in Scopus database by the end of August 2011. Journal of Epistemology (Library and Information Science and Information Technology). 2011;5(19): 65-79. 28. Fuller CD, Choi M, Thomas CR. Bibliometric analysis of radiation oncology departmental scholarly publication productivity at domestic residency training institutions. J Am Coll Radiol. 2009;6(2):112-8. 29. Birks Y, Fairhurst C, Bloor K, Campbell M, Baird W, Torgerson D. Use of the h-index to measure the quality of the output of health services researchers. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2014;19(2):102-9. 30. Lee J, Kraus KL, Couldwell WT. Use of the h index in neurosurgery. Clinical article. J Neurosurg. 2009;111(2):387-92.
)