Research on the Bibliography of Combat Medicine during the Iraq-Iran War

Background and Aim: Due to the generality of existing bibliographies in various fields of science and the need to address specialized topics in the field of bibliography, the purpose of this study is to determine the publication statistics of sources that have dealt with the historical aspect of "martial medicine" in the post-revolutionary period.
Methods: For this purpose, by library research method, the database of the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the site of reputable publishers and etc. were examined. Then, the data were analyzed based on descriptive statistics.
Results: After processing the data, the following results were obtained: A total of 105 sources (51 book titles, 42 article titles and 12 book chapters) have been written in the field of martial medicine. The most book publishing (6 titles) was in 1398, in 1397 and 1398 the most articles were written in 8 titles and the most book publishing place belonged to Tehran with 33 titles and then Mashhad with 5 titles.
Conclusion: Although relatively interesting statistics were obtained on research related to the historiography of martial medicine during the time of the Holy Defense, this study showed that in some areas there is still fragmentation and fragmentation. From a terminological point of view, there is still no single text and standard for the use of keywords and this issue requires terminological studies and research. There is still no single database for introducing data and historiographical achievements in the field of sacred defense martial medicine, and important and influential sections in this field have not yet been statistically reviewed and initially introduced.