International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-7802032017041617841784ENDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran & Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, EMRI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TehranDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran & Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, EMRI, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TehranDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, TehranDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, TehranExir Research and Technology Co, TehranExir Research and Technology Co, TehranDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, TehranDevelopment of Research and Technology Center, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, TehranDentofacial Deformities Research Center, Dental School & Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran20170416<p><strong>Background</strong>: Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers call for updated valid evidence to monitor, prevent, and control of alarming trends of health problems. To respond to these needs,<br />health researches provide the vast multidisciplinary scientific fields. We quantify the national trends of health research outputs and its contribution in total science products.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: We systematically searched Scopus database with the most coverage in health and biomedicine discipline as the only<br />sources for multidisciplinary citation reports, for all total and health‑related publications, from 2000 to 2014. These scientometrics analyses covered the trends of main index of scientific products, citations, and collaborative papers. We also provided information on top institutions, journals, and collaborative research centers in the fields of health researches.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: In Iran, over a 15‑year period, 237,056 scientific papers have been published, of which 81,867 (34.53%) were assigned to health‑related fields. Pearson&rsquo;s Chi‑square test showed significant time trends between published papers and their citations. Tehran University of Medical Sciences was responsible for 21.87% of knowledge productions share. The second and the third ranks with 11.15% and 7.28% belonged to Azad University and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, respectively. In total fields, Iran had the most collaborative papers with the USA (4.17%), the UK (2.41%), and Canada (0.02%).<br />In health‑related papers, similar patterns of collaboration followed by 4.75%, 2.77%, and 1.93% of papers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Despite the ascending trends in health research outputs, more efforts required for the promotion of collaborative outputs that cause synergy of resources and the use of practical results. These analyses also could be useful for better planning and management of planning and conducting studies in these fields.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Health services research, Iran, scientometrics</p>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/1784http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/1784/2068