President of the Islamic World Science Citation Center, Dr. Mehrad, announced that the Iranian researchers have published 5830 articles in ISI, 8063 in ISC and 912 in ESCOPUS since the beginning of 2011. He said that the growth of Iran’s scientific production is equal to the world average and is eighteen times higher than the growth rate of the Islamic countries.
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Prof. Mehrad, president of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology, comparing the status of Iran’s scientific productions before and after the Islamic Revolution, said that the scientific production of Iran ranks 22 in the world. This country is also in the second rank among the regional countries. Moreover, according to the latest statistics the University of Tehran is the top university of the Islamic world. This university with nearly 1500 articles is first among the university and research centers of the Islamic countries.<br/><br/>
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Prof. Jafar Mehrad, president of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology, announced Iran’s scientific progress in Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Medical Sciences and Computer Sciences. <br/><br/>Prof. Mehrad stressing Iran’s astonishing scientific progress and Iranian scientists’ great achievements in university and research centers during recent years, said that recently Higher Education authorities have paid due attention to Iran’s scientific productions.<br/>
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Dr. Mehrad, president of the Regional Information Center for Science and Technology, describing the status of Iran’s scientific production in 2010 and 2011 said that Iran, Turkey and Singapore have respectively produced 25, 36 and 205 scientific articles per 100000 individuals. <br/><br/>According to Dr. Mehrad, Iranian scientists have published 400 articles in the international accredited journals during the first 15 days of the new year. <br/>
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Dr. Jafar Mehrad, President of the Islamic world Science Citation Center (ISC) said that the budget per capita for Research and Development in all the Islamic countries is 23.3 dollars which is much low compared to the world average (194 dollars) and the EU (524 dollars). Iran with 66.7 dollars ranks third among the Islamic countries after Turkey with 95.2 dollars and Malaysia with 70 dollars. <br/><br/>
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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.<br/>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.<br/>
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Report of the world university ranking that was done by Saimago (SIR) in 2010 was published. In this report 2833 universities and research institutes in different countries were ranked. This ranking which is a credible source for science and research directors, analyzes research performance, international cooperation and scientific impact of an institute.
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This committee is responsible for creating related subject fields in universities and higher education centers.
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Dr. Jafar Mehrad, president of RICeST and ISC, said there are different indicators to be investigated regarding scientific research in Islamic countries. One is human force in research and development. It is vital to have enough qualified researchers for developing and innovating science and technology.
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Mr. Ali Gazni, Faculty Member of ISC was appointed as Vice- president for Research Affairs for ISC by Prof. Mehrad, President of RICeST & ISC.
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