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Introduction: Commitment to abstracting standards has a very significant role in informationretrieval. The present research aimed to evaluate the rate of Commitment to ISO 214Standard among the Persian abstracts of approved research projects at School of HealthManagement and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Materials and Methods: This descriptive study used a researcher‑made checklist to collect data,which was then analyzed through content analysis. The studied population consisted of 227approved research projects in the School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences during 2001‑2010. The validity of the checklist was measured byface and content validity. Data was collected through direct observations. Statistical analyzesincluding descriptive (frequency distribution and percent) and inferential statistics (Chi‑squaretest) were performed in SPSS‑16. Results: The highest and lowest commitment rates to ISO 214standard were in using third person pronouns (100%) and using active verbs (34/4%), respectively.In addition, the highest commitment rates to ISO 214 standard (100%) related to mentioning thirdperson pronouns, starting the abstract with a sentence to explain the subject of the research,abstract placement, and including keyword in 2009. On the other hand, during 2001‑2003, thelowest commitment rate was observed in reporting research findings (16/7%). Moreover, variouseducational groups differed significantly only in commitment to study goals, providing researchfindings, and abstaining from using abbreviations, signs, and acronyms. Furthermore, educationallevel of the corresponding author was significantly related with extracting the keywords from thetext. Other factors of ISO 214 standard did not have significant relations with the educational levelof the corresponding author. Conclusions: Ingeneral, a desirable rate of commitment to ISO214 standard was observed among the Persianabstracts of approved research projects at theSchool of Health Management and MedicalInformatics of Isfahan University of MedicalSciences. However, commitment rates differedbetween years. In addition, commitment to ISO214 standard was not significantly related witheducational group and level.