en Health Improvement Strategies Health Improvement Strategies مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Background and Objective:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span new="" roman="" times="">Socioeconomic impact evaluation is a systematic and data based analysis; it aims to determine the socioeconomic benefit of science in human life and health, organizational capabilities, decision making and so on.&nbsp; In this study, we intended to present the results of socioeconomic impact assessment in Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences (IUMS).</span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Materials and Methods:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span new="" roman="" times="">Based on SciVal database, socioeconomic impact indicators consist of two categories: Citing &ndash; Patent Count (C-P), Patent-Cited Scholarly Output (P-CS), Patent-Citations Count (P-C) and Patent-Citations per Scholarly Output (P-C/S) for economic impact, and Mass Media (MM), Media Exposure (ME) and Field-Weighted Mass Media (F-WMM) for societal impact. Mentioned indicators were extracted for all of IUMS during 2015-2018. Preparation, extraction, weighting, scoring and ranking were the main performed steps in this study.</span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Results:</span></span> </strong><span new="" roman="" times="">Almost 64% of IUMS had research activities, reflected their socioeconomic impacts. The C-P was 242 in all IUMS. The number of P-CS and P-C was 165 and 255, respectively. Also, the average of P-C/S was 1.93 (Max=6.4, Min=0.5). Related to societal impact, only 1% of published articles had been presented in media by IUMS (Mass Exposure). The average of F-WMM was 0.03.</span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Conclusion:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span new="" roman="" times="">Socioeconomic impact evaluation is very complex; it involves a large scale of direct and indirect activities. &nbsp;Therefore, evaluation with a limited number of indicators cannot provide a comprehensive view of impact. Quantity and quality of universities&#39; research activities are likely matters in socioeconomic impact.</span></span></span></p> University, Public Health, Research 54 60 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5673-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Monir Baradaran Eftekhari mbeftekhari200@gmail.com 5200319475328460067449 5200319475328460067449 No Deputy for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Asghar Ebadifar a.ebadifar@sbmu.ac.ir 5200319475328460067450 5200319475328460067450 Yes Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Katayoun Falahat kfalahat@yahoo.com 5200319475328460067451 5200319475328460067451 No Deputy for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran