Iran Ranks 1st In Scientific Achievements In Region: VP

Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA – Vice President for science and technology announced Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran ranked first in terms of scientific articles in the region. Talking to IRNA, Nasrin Soltankhah said according to Scopus, the acclaimed ISI Web of Science, Iran published over 33,000 scientific artilces in 2011. As per the information released from ISI Web of Knowledge Iranian researchers published 18,600 articles in 2010, she added, adding Iran ranked 12th in terms of nano technologies and scientific achievements across the globe./end