According to Mehr reporter, checking the latest database data Scopus It shows that in terms of the number of published articles, which is known as the rank of “science production”, in 2023, Iran will fall to the position of two ranks. the seventeenth The world has arrived; This is the position in 2022 the fifteenth We had the world in publishing scientific articles.
The latest ranking published by the databaseCymgo(Scimago) which was published in May of this year, rank the sixteenth It showed Iran in terms of scientific publications; But the surveys indicate that currently Iran has reached the 17th place in terms of publishing scientific articles.
The position of countries in terms of the number of publications in Scopus In 2023
From 2011 to 2022, Iran ranked first among the countries in the region, but in 2023, after about 12 years of leadership in the region, Turkey surpassed Iran and reached the 14th rank. Türkiye ranked 17th in 2022.
Saudi Arabia, which was ranked 19th in the world in 2022, has reached the 18th rank in the world in 2023 and has the third place among the countries of the region.
Database data Scopus It shows that Iran’s publications this year (until August 31, 2024) are 51,663. Saudi Arabia ranks 18th in the world ranking with 48 thousand 699 publications and is one step behind Iran.
The position of countries in terms of the number of publications in Scopus In 2024 (until August 31, 2024)
It seems that if serious measures are not taken to increase Iran’s scientific publications, there is a possibility that Saudi Arabia will surpass Iran, and if this happens, Iran’s rank will drop from second to third in the region.
Dr. Behrouz Rasouli; Member of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology Research Institute of Iran (Irandak) in a conversation with Mehr reporter about the change in Iran’s ranking from 16th to 17th, he said: Scopus It shows that the Netherlands, which was ranked after Iran until some time ago, has now overtaken Iran and we have reached the 17th place with a decrease of one rank.
He explained: 6-7 months and even 8 months after the start of the new year, the data of the citation profiles may change; But after the ninth month, there are not many changes. The reason for changing this data, delay In publishing some It is magazines And naturally, when with delay are published in Scopus also with delay are added So these changes are normal.
This scientometric expert emphasized: Therefore, we can definitely say that the scientific rank of Iran in 2023 in the database Scopus Seventeenth rank is
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