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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