Iranian scientific papers steal the show among Islamic countries
A recent data analysis of the most cited scientific papers produced in the Islamic world shows that Iran has been the leading country during the past ten years, with medical researchers the most cited among all fields.
Two researchers with Iran’s National Science Foundation published the results of their analysis of the Iranian scientific and technological outputs cited in international patents in a report titled “Evaluating the Economic and Technological Effectiveness of Iran’s Scientific Outputs.”
Homa Arshadi and Qassem Azadi Ahmadabadi said the study was aimed at finding out Iran’s position and the influence of Iranian universities, researchers and magazines in the scientific and technological inventions in the world.
The number of papers cited in international patents and the number of citations received from patents within the span of 2013 and 2023 were used as the indices for the study.
According to the findings of the survey, Iran ranks first among Islamic countries in publishing technological papers with 8,609 applied papers, and Saudi Arabia ranks second with 7,762 papers. However, Iran is ranked fifth in terms of the total ratio of the citation received from the patent to the total scientific outputs.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, with 1,154 applied papers, and Pasteur Institute of Iran were singled out as the most cited medical research centers in Iran.
