Biomedical research in the Middle Eastern countries: update and insight using SCImago Journal Rank indicator.

Background: There is a dire need in the Arab world and Middle Eastern countries to reform the higher education, research policy and planning for improving the quality to meet the needs of modern society. The impact factor (IF) was developed in the 1960s by Eugene Garfield of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the USA. It has been extensively used for more than 40 years.

Investigation of Helicobacter pylori infection in Jordanian patients using six enzyme immunoassays for immunoglobulin G (IGG) and IGA testing.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the etiologic agent of a variety of gastrointestinal disorders. The rationale of the current study is to evaluate six enzyme immunoassays for detection of anti-H.