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Figure 15.1: Scientific publication trends in Iran,<br />

2005–2014<br />

Strong growth in Iranian publications<br />

Countries with a similar population are given for comparison<br />

7.4%<br />

Average share of Iranian papers<br />

among 10% most cited papers,<br />

2008–2012; the G20 average is 10.2%<br />

100 000<br />

Germany 91 631<br />

80 000<br />

60 000<br />

73 573<br />

0.81%<br />

Average citation rate for Iranian<br />

scientific publications, 2008–2012;<br />

the G20 average is 1.02<br />

40 000<br />

20 000<br />

Iran 25 588<br />

Turkey 23 596<br />

0<br />

13 830<br />

4 676<br />

2 919<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />

Egypt 8 428<br />

Iranians now publish most in engineering, followed by chemistry<br />

Cumulative totals, 2008–2014<br />

27 042<br />

19 934<br />

22.3%<br />

Average share of Iranian papers with<br />

foreign co-authors, 2008–2014;<br />

the G20 average is 24.6%<br />

12 751<br />

14 661<br />

12 322<br />

5 731<br />

3 993<br />

6 322<br />

5 460<br />

528<br />

432<br />

153 324<br />

Agriculture<br />

Astronomy<br />

Biological sciences<br />

Note: Totals exclude unclassified articles<br />

Chemistry<br />

Computer science<br />

Engineering<br />

Geosciences<br />

Mathematics<br />

Medical sciences<br />

Other life sciences<br />

Physics<br />

Psychology<br />

Social sciences<br />

The USA is Iran’s top collaborator<br />

Main foreign partners between 2008 and 2014 (number of papers)<br />

1st collaborator 2nd collaborator 3rd collaborator 4th collaborator 5th collaborator<br />

Iran USA (6 377) Canada (3 433) UK (3 318) Germany (2 761) Malaysia (2 402)<br />

Source: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded; data treatment by Science–Metrix<br />

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