scientific proliferation past, present, and future prospects. sadeghi ramin, md nuclear medicine...

Scientific proliferationPast, Present, and future prospects.

Sadeghi Ramin, MDNuclear Medicine Research

Center,Mashhad University of Medical

Sciences

Scientific output

The only way to propagate our experience to the next generation is scientific writings such as articles, books, etc.

Scientific output

Different countries are measured by their scientific outputs and it is important to make our beloved country more proliferate in science.

Scientific output

It is our ethical duty to publish what we know and what we experienced as academic members.

Scientific output

Publish or Perish

Iran: Past

Ancient Persia had a long history of practice in medicine Some religious texts of Indoiranians

such as Ayurveda and Avesta contains medical information

Gondishapur during the reign of Shapur the first was one of the important medical universities in the ancient world

Iran: Past

After rise of Islam Translation of ancient greek and

Pahlavi medical books into arabic Ibn Ishagh and Ibn Moghaffa’

Avicenna The most important figure in medicine

during medieval period Canon used to be taught in Europe till

17th century

Iran: Modern Era

With the beginning of industrial revolution in Europe the scientific output of Iran decreased

With opening of modern universities gradually the scientific output increased

Iran: Modern Era

Revolution and imposed war Decreased the scientific proliferation

of Iran significantly After war activities

Scientific production of Iran is increasing in all aspect of science.

Iran: Modern Era

In 2008 Iran ranked 21th (even better than Israel) in the world which makes her the first country in middle east in this regard

Iran: Modern Era

According to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Iran increased its publication output nearly tenfold from 1996 to 2004, and has been ranked first in terms of output growth rate (followed by China).

Iran: Modern Era

In 2008 report by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Iran ranked 32, 46 and 56 in Chemistry, Physics and Biology respectively among all science producing countries.

Global ranking 1996-2008

Ranking in 2008

Ranking in the middle east 2008

Iran: Nature editorials

Iran: Nature editorials

Iran: Nature editorials