About TUOMS PRESS

TUOMS PRESS is an imprint of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TUOMS), Iran.
About Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TUOMS), a prestigious university in Iran, was founded in 1946. TUOMSis home to several nationally well-known infrastructures, schools, departments, research centers and institutes. Known as the second largest national medical university, TUOMSprovides a wide range of educational programs and research opportunities, as well as accommodating a vivid leading publishing group in Iran

TUOMS PRESS

TUOMS PRESS acts as a leading publishing group nationally and aims at expanding its activity to an international level by flourishing and furnishing new dominions of medical sciences.

TUOMS PRESS publishes several academic journals in the field of medical, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences and technologies, in addition to scientific books and monographs. The Majalle-ye Pezeshki (Medical Journal) lunched in 1959 is one of the leading journals in the field of medical research in Iran. Today, TUOMS PRESS has expanded its publishing activities to 10 scientific journals in English and two in Persian.

TUOMS PRESS is directed by the Bureau for Health Informatics & Scientific Resources, a division of the Department of Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology at TUOMS. As part of the Bureau for Health Informatics & Scientific Resources, the Academic Publication Office is the responsible group and works collaboratively with editorial offices around and off campus.

The Council for Scholarly Journals, the Experts Committee for Scholarly Journal Publication, and the Council for Books and Monographs determine the policies governing TUOMS PRESS.

The Council for Scholarly Journals

The meetings of the Council for Scholarly Journals are held to discuss and determine the scientific goals, strategic plans, and the road map, as well as the policies governing TUOMS PRESS journals.

The members of the council include the Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology, the Director of Health Informatics & Scientific Resources, the Supervisor of the Academic Publication Office, and the Chief Editors of the journals published by TUOMS PRESS.

The Experts Committee for Scholarly Journal Publication

To enable further research and development in scholarly publication, the Experts Committee for Scholarly Journal Publication holds frequent meetings to explore new areas of interest and to develop strategic plans in dealing with challenges and the expansion of activities. Directors and advisors are equal members and contribute to the discussions of this committee.

The Council for Books & Monographs

The members of the council include the Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology, the Director of Health Informatics & Scientific Resources, the Supervisor of the Academic Publication Office, and five expert faculty members.

The meetings of the Council for Books & Monographs are held to discuss policies governing publication of books and monographs, facilitated or published by TUOMS PRESS.

Current delegates
Parviz Shahabi, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology at TUOMS

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5594-5544

Membership in professional associations:

 International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)

Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology
Iranian Society of Neuroscience 

Hamid Allahverdipour, PhD
Director of Health Informatics & Scientific Resources at TUOMS

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3700-6185

Dr. Allahverdipour obtained his PhD degree from Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran. He is the academic member of department of Public Health Management at TUOMS (September 2008 -Present). He is the Editor-in-Chief of journals of Health Promotion Perspectives (2011-Present). He has published over 60 scientific papers in the international journals and 10 book chapters in the international text books.

Membership in professional associations:
Member of Iranian Health Education & Promotion Association
Member of COPE

Sina Ghertasi Oskouei, DDS
Supervisor of the Academic Publication Office at TUOMS
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-8460

Dr. Ghertasi is a researcher in the Faculty of Dentistry at TUOMS, and the executive editor of two journals affiliated to TUOMS. Along with his research activities, he is very keen on academic publication affairs and drafted the initiative for academic publication at TUMOS, where he also acts as the supervisor of the Academic Publication Office.
Membership in professional associations:
Member of Iranian Dental Association (IDA)
Member of MINEC Network

Ali Shayanfar, PhD
Ethic Editor

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-9057

Ali Shayanfar received his Pharm.D. (2009) and Ph.D. (2013) in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Currently, he is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of Pharmaceutical Sciences journal (Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus). He has authored over 125 publications in peer-reviewed international journals with an h-index of 26.

Membership in professional associations:
Member of National Medical Association

Member of National Pharmaceutical Association

Faranak Rahimi, MS, Computer Software Engineering
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
XML Production Coordinator, Journal Production Editor, IT Advisor
Sara Jalalzadeh, BSc, MS, MedLIS
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
Indexing Manager, XML Production Coordinator, Journal Production Editor, Altmetrics Advisor, Scientometrics Advisor
Tahere Faridvand, MA in English Translation Studies
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
Administrative Coordinator, Team Education Coordinator, Webinar Holding Officer
Fatemeh TavakoliFatemeh Tavakoli, BSc, English Literature
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
XML Production Coordinator, Language Editor
Amir Shojaei, MA in English Translation Studies
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
Officer & Language Editor of TUOMS PRESS
Hamideh Baser, MA in English Literature
Team member at Academic Publication Office of TUOMS
XML Production Coordinator,  Journal Production Editor
Farhad Shokraneh,PhD, MedLIS
Scientific Advisor, Scientometrics Advisor, Altmetrics Advisor
Mr. Shokraneh has hold a master's degree in Medical Librarianship and is currently working as Trials-Search Coordinator at Cochrane Schizophrenia Group at the University of Nottingham. As an ex-academic member at TUOMS, Mr. Shokraneh, together with Dr. Ghertasi and Prof. Omidi, drafted the initiative for academic publication at TUOMS. Mr. Shokraneh remains an advisor of TUOMS on the issues of academic scholarly publication and the Managing Editor of BioImpacts.

MAAD Rayan Communication & Information Technology Company (maadrayan.com)
IT Partner
Mr. Gholamreza Khosravi, CEO, and his team at MAADRayan are responsible for development and maintenance of the Press Manuscript Online, the integrated online submission system and website for journals of the TUOMS PRESS. This company also provides full-text XML production solutions as well as full-text HTML and PDF production services.
Offices
Academic Publication Office
2nd floor, Central Library of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
University of Tabriz Campus,
Daneshgah St.,
Tabriz,
Iran
Telephone:
Journals :
[Rahimi:+98 4131772337
Baser:+98 4131772338
Jalalzadeh:+98 4131772339
Tavakkoli:+984131772341]
Books
[Mr.Shojaei +98 41 3337 9524]
E-mail: publications@tbzmed.ac.ir
Office of the Director of Health Informatics & Scientific Resources
3rd floor, Central Library of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,
University of Tabriz Campus, Daneshgah St., Tabriz, Iran
Telephone: +98 41 3337 9546

The Department of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology
3rd floor, Management Building ofTabriz University of Medical Sciences
University of Tabriz Campus,
Daneshgah St.,
Tabriz,
Iran
Telephone:+98 41 3335 7311

Fax:+98 41 33344280


TUOMS PRESS 

  • Constructive peer-review
  • Platinum Open Access
  • Wide range of indexing coverage