Table 1

Scientific productivity and impact indicators of three centers


DDRC
EMRC
PSRC
p-value

Impact factor, mean (SD)
2.71(1.4)
1.37(0.99)
1.77(0.77)
0.0001
Received citations, median (interquartile range)
2(4)
0(1.25)
2(4.25)
0.003
Doctoral/master's theses (percentage of total running research projects)
30(43%)
17(33%)
7(30%)
0.4
Multi-centric projects (percentage of total running research projects)
32(46%)
18(35%)
1(4%)
0.001
obtained grants from external funding bodies(percentage of total running research projects)
18(26%)
12(24%)
1(4%)
0.09
seminars held
3
1
0
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Yousefi-Nooraie et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2008 6:9   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-6-9