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.