Iran to Rank 1st in Science, Technology by 2025

[longbrained]

Iranians had started serious research in 1980's and now they are bearing fruits:

 

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Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei urged Iranian students studying abroad to acquire knowledge in a diligent way and at the same time elaborate on and delineate the stances of the Islamic Republic.

The IR Leader made the remarks in a meeting Monday with members of the Islamic Associations Union of Iranian students studying in Europe.

As for acquisition of knowledge, Ayatollah Khamenei said the pre-revolutionary era was faltering in absence of a scientific and spiritual grandeur that eventually led the country to fall dependent to the aliens.

"The nation found confidence in itself however and left a spiritual cage to solve the country's problems following the victory of the Islamic Revolution and due to the ineffable spirit of Imam Khomeini in relying on God and heeding the nation," the IR Leader said.

As for delineation of IRI's stance, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Iran has got impressive accomplishments in its encounter with the World Arrogance as well as its complicated, huge economic and propaganda network. Ayatollah Khamenei singled out IRI's struggle against sanctions and IRI's nuclear advances as part of such accomplishments, adding that the nation will keep the successful trend.

Ayatollah Khamenei urged the nation to keep diligence and enhance the advantages, adding however that the enemy, despite exerting a huge volume of political, security and economic conspiracies against the Islamic Republic was suffering back to back failures.

 

[Banglar Lathial]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Science, Research and Technology Minister Seyed Javad Sadatinejad boasted the country's astonishing progress in science and technology, and said Iran will stand first in the region in terms of science and technology by 2025.




"Given the efforts made by the Islamic Iran's youths, we will rank first in the region in science and technology before 2025," Sadatinejad said on Sunday.

He reiterated that Iran at present ranks first in the region and ranks 12th in the world in nanotechnology, which shows the country's good status in producing science and technology which is the result of the efforts made by the Iranian scientists and researchers, specially the university students.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.

In a landmark pharmaceutical progress, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced in January that Iranian scientists have managed to synthesize two new types of radiomedicines to treat malignant types of cancer.

"The Iranian scientists and researchers of the AEOI's Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center succeeded in producing two new radiomedicines for the first time to cure malignant cancers," AEOI Spokesman Hamid Khadem Qaemi said at the time.

He named the radiomedicines as Lutetium-177 Phosponate (EDTMP) for bone pain palliation in metastatic prostate cancer and Iodine 131 Chlorotoxin to treat malignant glioma.

Also, Iran in December unveiled five different radiomedicine projects with applications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.

In September, Iran announced that it plans to synthesize 20 kinds of radiomedicine inside the country, stressing that its scientists are capable of supplying the 20%-enriched uranium needed for the production of such drugs.

"Iran has gained the necessary preparedness to produce 20 radiomedicines and we will provide the 20% (enriched) fuel needed for the production of these medicines this year," Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for Planning, International and Parliamentary Affairs Massoud Akhavan-Fard told FNA in September.

In addition to the Tehran research reactor which has long been used by radioisotope production, Iran also plans to build four other research reactors in the other parts of the country, he added.

Fars News Agency :: Deputy Minister: Iran to Rank 1st in Science, Technology by 2025

Salam,
To our Iranian brothers and sisters (whom I consider as much Muslim as any other anywhere in the world), I gladly congratulate you on your scientific achievements. If such a measure as publications in "Scopus" listed journals is considered, then Iran (Islamic Republic) has now overtaken Turkey (in 2011) to become the highest "producer" of scientific articles in its region and amongst all members of the OIC.

If the Arab world were taken as one block, I would suspect that its publications would be higher and if the artificial borders, visa requirements, multiple different regimes subservient to the West could be dismantled in the Arab world, then the Arab world could easily multiply its scientific publications manifold.

BTW, to verify my claims about Iran having overtaken Turkey in 2011 (as measured by publications in SCOPUS listed journals), you need to have a loginID and password to SCOPUS, or you need to wait half a year or more until SCIGOMAJR update their database.

Once again, best wishes to Iran and congratulations, despite its mistakes and limitations (which all human beings of our time have actually).

Newest ranking: Iran went ahead of Turkey in Science production

7 January 2012
Newest ranking: Iran went ahead of Turkey in Science production
According to Prof. Mehrad, President of RICeST and ISC, the rank of Iran was 17 in Scopus citation database in 2010 and went a head of Turkey and reached to the first rank in the Region.
Prof. Mehrad said: A purposeful investment in higher education, has led Iran’s science production in the new way. By establishing higher education courses and attracting more students in these courses, science production has been highly increased.

The status of 5 first countries in science production in Scopus


Prof. Mehrad states that 4 developed countries of the world were always pioneer in science production. Details of their production in 2010 and 2011 are as following. Accordingly, in recent years, by adding China to these 4 countries, the 5 mentioned countries have had deep impact in scientific publications and research articles as a whole.

The world's top five countries in science production


Country year Scientific Production
Percentage Number of Articles
1 U. S. A 2010-2011 22/32 - 23/21 508022 - 476019
2 China 2010-2011 15 322630 - 332283
3 England 2010-2011 6/5 140992 - 134869
4 Germany 2010-2011 6 130887 - 126799
5 Japan 2010-2011 5/23 - 4/78 114544 - 103846


According to Scopus, rank of Iran and Turkey in 2010 was 19 and 18 respectively. However Iran went a head of Turkey in 2011 and reaches to the rank of 17 of the world while turkey is in the rank of 19 and also they got the first and second rank in the region respectively.

 

[Banglar Lathial]

The next target, I would guess, for Iran would be to overtake Brazil and Taiwan, then South Korea and Spain. How long it takes to do that is anybody's guess.