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Iran is world’s 15th leading scientific nation: Scopus ranking

TEHRAN – Iran’s scientific community has been placed in the 15th place in the Scopus ranking to date, which represents a breakthrough for the country’s scientific establishment.


Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) Director Jafar Mehrad made the announcement in Shiraz on Sunday, the Mehr News agency reported.



Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 20,500 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, of which 19,500 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences.



Iran’s highest previous ranking was 17th in 2012, Mehrad said, expressing hope that Iranian scientists would continue to make progress.



He also said that Iranian researchers have contributed a 6.1% share to the world scientific output, adding that the Islamic Republic stands above many Western countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Norway, Finland and Greece in this regard.



The Iranian government has committed to a comprehensive plan for science including boosting R&D investment to 4 percent of GDP by 2030, compared with just 0.59 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2006.

Iran is world?s 15th leading scientific nation: Scopus ranking - Tehran Times
 
I am sorry to say this. But 15th is not very good.
Iran/Persia which was responsible for most of the achievement of the golden age of Islam, should not be 15th.
I hope in near future, Iran will be at least in top 8.

EDIT:
Also, ranking does not mean anything unless you apply you scientific knowledge to industry and so on. For example, Iran has fantastic gas turbine industry but lacks in processors. Iran needs to start thinking big again.
 
I am sorry to say this. But 15th is not very good.
A country like Iran which was responsible for most of the achievement of the golden age of Islam, should not be 15th.
I hope in near future, Iran will be at least in top 8.

EDIT:
Also, ranking does not mean anything unless you apply you scientific knowledge to industry and so on. For example, Iran has fantastic gas turbine industry but lacks in processors. Iran needs to start thinking big again.

Iran was not responsible for the golden age of Islam. Iran didn't exist then.
 
Iran was not responsible for the golden age of Islam. Iran didn't exist then.

Iran/Eran is the name that was used since the time of the sassanian's. since 2000 years ago.
Persian was simply another name used.
Did you smoke bunch of meth before making that post?
 
Iran/Eran is the name that was used since the time of the sassanian's. since 2000 years ago.
Persian was simply another name used.
Did you smoke bunch of meth before making that post?

Yea sure Iran/Eran existed way back, but Iran of today didn't exist back then therefore not responsible for any positive influence to the golden age of Islam.
 
Iran has a great future if it continues to be strong at science like this. :tup:

Science is so important in the modern world. Which is why Hu Jintao came up with the "Scientific Development Concept" as our official policy of socio-economic development.
 
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).
Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Country Rankings - SJR - International Science Ranking
Country Rankings
Complete list.

1996-2011
# Country Documents Citable documents Citations Self-Citations Citations per Document H index
1 US United States 6.149.455 5.738.593 114.546.415 54.226.872 20,51 1.305
27 IR Iran 159.046 154.748 657.186 269.132 8,13 121

2011
# Country Documents Citable documents Citations Self-Citations Citations per Document H index
1 US United States 519.573 471.524 625.753 353.259 1,20 1.305
17 IR Iran 36.803 35.092 18.476 9.426 0,50 121
SJR - International Science Ranking

Iranian Scientific Journals are the 27th influential in the world, 3rd in the region
Iranian Scientific Journals are the 27th influe...

Compare China, India, Iran, Pakistan
SJR - Compare countries
 
Thanks @Penguin for the website reference.

Pakistan is at #47. Not good.

But on the bright side, Pakistani publications have more international collaboration; percentage-wise of course.

Congratulations to Iran for being second in Muslim world though. The top spot is occupied by Turkey @ #20.
 
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Iran was not responsible for the golden age of Islam. Iran didn't exist then.

Officially, Iran existed even before Islam as "Iran". Iran is not a new or post-ottoman or post-British invention.

. Both ērān and anērān appear in 3rd century calendrical text written by Mani. In an inscription of Ardashir's son and immediate successor, Shapur I "apparently includes in Ērān regions such as Armenia and the Caucasus which were not inhabited predominantly by Iranians." In Kartir's inscriptions (written thirty years after Shapur's), the high priest includes the same regions (together with Georgia, Albania, Syria and the Pontus) in his list of provinces of the antonymic Anērān. Ērān also features in the names of the towns founded by Sassanid dynasts, for instance in Ērān-xwarrah-šābuhr "Glory of Ērān (of) Shapur". It also appears in the titles of government officers, such as in Ērān-āmārgar "Accountant-General (of) Ērān" or Ērān-dibirbed "Chief Scribe (of) Ērān"

Eran=Iran
AnEran=non-Iran

During Islamic period it was Iran was also mentioned as the name of our country and also as the area of Greater Iran (Iranian culture, peoples, influence).

Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349; Persian: حمدالله مستوفى‎) was a Persian historian, geographer and epic poet.

In the work Nuzhat al-Qolub (نزهه القلوب), the medieval geographer Hamdollah Mostowfi wrote:
چند شهر است اندر ایران مرتفع تر از همه
Some cities of Iran are better than the rest,
بهتر و سازنده تر از خوشی آب و هوا
these have pleasant and compromising weather,
گنجه پر گنج در اران صفاهان در عراق
The wealthy Ganjeh of Arran, and Esfahān in Iraq,
در خراسان مرو و طوس در روم باشد اقسرا
Merv and Tus in Khorasan, and Konya (Aqsara) too.
 
Yea sure Iran/Eran existed way back, but Iran of today didn't exist back then therefore not responsible for any positive influence to the golden age of Islam.

Did you smoke something? Or are you naturally just really stupid?


Persia/Iran is the one of the oldest ancient civilization in the world.


Persia was the center of Golden Age of Islam.


Avicenna known in Persian as Ibn Sina wrote The Book of Healing, he is the father of anatomy.



Important Iranian scientists


Abdol-Hamid, founder of Arabic prose along with the fellow Persian Ibn Muqaffa.
Abhari, mathematician.
Abu Dawood, Islamic scholar.
Abū Ḥanīfa, Islamic scholar.
Abu Nasr e Mansur, mathematician.
Abu Sa'id al-Darir al-Jurajani
Abu Wafa Buzjani, mathematician.
Azod al-Dowleh, prominent scientific patron
Ahmad ibn Farrokh, physician.
Ahmad Ibn Imad ul-din, physician and chemist.
Alavi Shirazi, royal physician to India.
Alhazen, or Ebne Heisam in Persian.
Amuli, Muhammad ibn Mahmud, physician.
Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin
Ansari, Khwaja Abdullah, Islamic scholar.
An Shihkao
Aqa-Kermani, physician.
Aqsara'i, physician.
Arzani, Muqim, physician.
Astarabadi, physician.
Aufi, Muhammad, scientist and historian
Avicenna (Ibn Sina), physician, philosopher

Azophi, a.k.a. Abdorrahman Sufi, astronomer from Ray that invented the meridian ring.
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʾūd al-Kāshī,astronomer and mathematician.


Baghawi, Islamic scholar
Bahai, Sheikhpoet, mathematician, and astronomer,engineer,designer,faghih(religious scientist),Architect
Baladhuri, historian, d.892
Balkhi, a.k.a. Albumasar, mathematician
Balkhi, Ibn Sahl, geographer and mathematician
Balkhi, Ibn
Banū Mūsā Brothers
Barmak, Khaled, Bhuddist from Khorasan in the court of al-Mansur, initiated the Greek translation movement of the Abbasid House of Wisdom
Bayhaqi, historian
Behbahani, Vahid, theologian
Ibn Bibi, historian of the Seljuks of Rum
Biruni, astronomer and mathematician
Bukhari, prominent Islamic scholar

Bukhtishu, Persian Christian physician of Academy of Gundishapur
Bukhtishu, Abdollah ibn, Christian physician in Persia
Bukhtishu, Gabriel ibn, Christian physician
Bukhtishu, Yuhanna, Christian physician
Burzoe, a.k.a. Borzouyeh-i Tabib, physician of Academy of Gundishapur
Birjandi astronomer and mathematician 16th century


Dīnawarī, Abū Ḥanīfa, d.896, polymath
Dinawaree, ibn Qutaybah, d.885, historian


Esfarayeni, physician


Farghani, d.880, a.k.a. Alfraganus, astronomer
Farabi, d.950, (Al-Farabi, Pharabius), philosopher
Kamal al-Din Farisi, d.1318, mathematician
Fazari, Ibrahim, d.777, mathematician and astronomer
Fazari, Mohammad, d.796, mathematician and astronomer
Ferdowsi, d.1020, the famous poet
Feyz Kashani, Mohsen, d.1680, theologian


Geber; Jaber ibn Hayan, d.815, chemist. Known as Geber in English.
Gardezi, Abu Said, d.1061, geographer and historian
Ghazali (Algazel), d.1111, philosopher
Gilani, Hakim, d.1069, royal physician
Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, d.1136, royal physician
Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician
Gorgani, Rostam, physician
Gorgani e Masihi, see Masihi Gorgani, d.999, Avicenn'a master


Hakim Ghulam Imam, physician
Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi, physician
Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, physician
Hakim Nishaburi, Islamic scholar
Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher
Haly Abbas, prominent physician
Hamadani, Ali, physician
Hamadani, Mir Sayyid Ali, poet and philosopher
Hanbal, Ahmad Ibn, Islamic scholar
Harawi, Abolfadl, astronomer of Buyid dynasty
Harawi, Muwaffak: See Al-Muwaffak, pharmacologist
Harawi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, physician
Harawi, Ali, traveller
Majid Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeolgoy, Expertise: theories of porous media (Utrecht University, The Netherlands).[1]
Hasani, Qavameddin, physician
Hedayat, Habibollah, Nutritionist and Obstetrician Gynecologist


Ibn Abi Sadiq, "The Second Hippocrates", Avicenna's disciple
Ibn Haytham, physicist
Ibn Khaseb, physician
Ibn Khordadbeh, geographer
Ibn Rustah
Ilaqi, Yusef, Avicenna's pupil
Mansur ibn Ilyas, physician
Isfahani Abol-fath, mathematician
Ibn Sina, (Avicenna), Philosopher and Physician
Isfahani, Jalaleddin, physician
Isfahani, Husayn, physician
Istakhri, geographer, gives the earliest known account of windmills
Iranshahri, philosopher, the teacher of Muhammad Zakaria Razi.


Ali Javan, inventor of Helium-neon laser
Jābir ibn Hayyān, a polymath who is considered the father of chemistry. He emphasized systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science.
Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi[2]
Jaghmini, physician
Jaldaki, physician
Juvayni, historian
Juwayni, philosopher
Juzjani, Abu Ubaid, physician
Jamasb, philosopher


Karaji, mathematician
Kashani (Kashi), mathematician
Kashfi, Jafar, theologian
Kazerouni, Masoud, physician
Kermani, Iwad, physician
Kermani, Shams-ud-Din, Islamic scholar
Khademhosseini, Alireza, Pioneer in Biomedical and Bioengineering
Khazeni, Abu Jafar, mathematician
Khazeni, Abolfath, physicist
Khayyám, Omar, poet, mathematician, and astronomer
Khorasani, Sultan Ali, physician
Khujandi, mathematician and astronomer
Khwarizmi (aka Al-Khwarazmi) creator of algorithm and algebra, mathematician and astronomer
Kushyar ibn Labban, mathematician, Nasavi's master
Kuhi, Rostam, mathematician
Kubra, Najmeddin


Mahani, mathematician
Muhammad al-Fazari
Muhammad Baqir Yazdi In the 17th century, He gave the pair of amicable numbers 9,363,584 and 9,437,056.
Majusi, Ibn Abbas, physician
Marvazi, astronomer and mathematician
Marvazi, Abu Taher, philosopher
Masawaiyh or Masuya
Mashallah ibn Athari, of Jewish origins, from Khorasan who designed the city of Baghdad based on Firouzabad
Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master
Mirza Ali Hakim, physician
Miskawayh, philosopher
Mostowfi Qazvini, geographer
Mullasadra, philosopher
Muqaffa, Ibn, founder of Arabic prose along with Abdol-Hamid.
bin Musa, Hasan, astronomer
bin Musa, Ahmad, astronomer
bin Musa, Muhammad, astronomer
Muwaffaq, Abu mansur, pharmacologist
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi,philosopher


Nagawri, physician
Nahavandi, Benjamin, Jewish scholar
Nahavandi, Ahmad, astronomer
Nakhshabi, physician
Nasir Gebelli, computer scientist and video game developer
Nasir Khusraw, scientist, Ismaili scholar, mathematician, philosopher, Traveler and poet
Nasavi, mathematician
Natili Tabari, physician
Naubakht, Designer of the city of Baghdad
Naubakht, Fadhl ibn
Nawbakhty, Islamic scholar, philosopher
Nawbakhti, Ruh, Islamic scholar
Nayrizi, mathematician
Naqshband, Baha ud-Din, philosopher
Neishaburi, physician
Neishaburi, prominent Islamic scholar
Nizami Ganjavi, romantic poet
Nurbakhshi, physician


Paul the Persian, philosopher.


Qazi Zadeh, prominent mathematician
Qazwini, Zakariya, physician
Qumi, Qazi Sa’id, theologian
Qumri, physician
Qushayri, Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin, d.1074, philosopher


Razi, Amin, geographer
Razi Amoli, Fakhreddin, philosopher
Razi, Zakariya (Rhazes), chemist and physicist
Razi, Najmeddin
Rumi, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad
Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, historian, physician and politician
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Physician


Sabzevari, Mulla Hadi, poet and philosopher
Saghani Ostorlabi, astronomer
Sahl, Fadl ibn
Sahl, Shapur ibn, physician
Salman the Persian, religion commentator, companion of Prophet Muhammad
Samarqandi, Najibeddin, physician
Samarqandi, Ashraf, mathematician, astronomer.
Sarakhsi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Islamic scholar
Seifzadeh, Hossein,S. Political Scientist, Iranian Studies,
Shahrastani historian of religions
Shahrazuri, philosopher and physician
Shahrazuri,Ibn al-Salah, Islamic scholar
Shaykh Tusi, famous Islamic scholar
Shaykh Saduq, theologian
Shirazi, Imad al-Din Mas'ud, physician
Shirazi, Muhammad Hadi Khorasani, physician
Shirazi, Qutbeddin, astronomer
Shirazi, Mahmud ibn Ilyas, physician
Shirazi, Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas, physician
Shirazi, Qurayshi, physician
Shirazi, Sultan Waezin, theologian
Sijzi, mathematician
Sijzi, Mas'ud, physician
Soleiman ibn Hasan, physician
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi: see Azophi
Suhrawardi, Shahab al-Din, philosopher


Tabarani, Abu al-Qasim, Islamic scholar
Tabari Amoli, prominent historian
Tabari, Natili Amoli: See Al-Natili
Tabari, ibn Farrukhan, astrologer and architect
Tabari, Abul Hasan, physician.
Tabari, Ibn Sahl, Jewish convert physician. Master of Rhazes
Tabrizi, Maqsud Ali, physician.
Taftazani, theologian, linguist
Tayfur, Ibn Abi Tahir, d.893, linguist
Tāriq, Yaqub ibn
Tirmidhi, Islamic scholar
Tunakabuni, physician
Tughra'i, physician
Tusi, Nizam ol-Molk, the great vizier
Tusi, Nasireddin, mathematician, philosopher
Tusi, Sharafeddin, mathematician



and it continues to this day.
 
Iran is world’s 15th leading scientific nation: Scopus ranking

TEHRAN – Iran’s scientific community has been placed in the 15th place in the Scopus ranking to date, which represents a breakthrough for the country’s scientific establishment.


Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) Director Jafar Mehrad made the announcement in Shiraz on Sunday, the Mehr News agency reported.



Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 20,500 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, of which 19,500 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences.



Iran’s highest previous ranking was 17th in 2012, Mehrad said, expressing hope that Iranian scientists would continue to make progress.



He also said that Iranian researchers have contributed a 6.1% share to the world scientific output, adding that the Islamic Republic stands above many Western countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Norway, Finland and Greece in this regard.



The Iranian government has committed to a comprehensive plan for science including boosting R&D investment to 4 percent of GDP by 2030, compared with just 0.59 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2006.

Iran is world?s 15th leading scientific nation: Scopus ranking - Tehran Times

I hope we can connect our universities and scientists to our industry which is the most important problem in our country right now .

We have the knowledge and talent but we can't bring them to our industry and use them to improve our economy and employment .
 
How about quality? H index of Iran is 121, lower than-Portugal, South Africa, Argentina, Turkey, Mexico, Egypt, Thailand, Chile, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Venezuela, Kenya, nice examples.
 
Did you smoke something? Or are you naturally just really stupid?

Persia was the center of Golden Age of Islam.

Persia is in a mountanious region, the golden age of Islam took place during the Abbasid caliphate which its capitals were Kufa and Baghdad, not Persia, though Iraq was part of Persian dynasties before the whole Arab invasion, and it was mentioned as Iranian heartland, it still is not Persia. Most inventions took place in Baghdad though people from all over the caliphate came there to study.
 

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