TEHRAN – The Islamic World University Rankings (IWUR) includes 84 Iranian universities among the top universities in Islamic countries, up from 80 in 2023, according to the latest report from the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC).
According to a report by IRNA, a total of 552 universities from 35 Islamic countries are included in the ranking, with Turkey ranking first to third with 138 universities, Iran 84 universities, and Pakistan 50 universities.
The University of Tehran is ranked 6th among the top 10 universities in Islamic countries. This university is ranked number 1 in Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (11), Sharif University of Technology (17), Tarbiat Modares University (21), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (31), Amikabir University of Technology (37), Isfahan University of Technology (40), Iran University of Medical Sciences (47), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (50), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (53), and Tabriz University (54) are ranked 2nd to 10th in the country. It is located in the second position.
Iran ranks 2nd in SCImago 2024
According to a recent ranking published by SCImago 2024, Iran ranks second among Islamic countries with 75,501 documents.
The country is ranked 17th in the world, dropping one place compared to last year. According to Mehr news agency, Türkiye (82,150 documents) and Saudi Arabia (72,167 documents) were ranked first and third, respectively.
In 2022, the country published more than 78,000 documents to Scopus, while in 2023 the number of documents decreased to 74,000. In 2024, this trend has increased, but has not yet reached the numbers published in 2022.
According to the report, Iran ranks second in the region and 15th in the world in terms of the number of citations (89,492). In the past five years, the country’s world ranking has improved from 19th to 15th.
Saudi Arabia and Turkey ranked first and third with 121,838 and 81,106 citations, respectively.
In the 2024 SCImago ranking, China (1215,824 documents), the United States (743,884 documents), and India (351,928 documents) are ranked 1st to 3rd.
Iran plans to raise its ranking of scientific achievements from the current 17th place to 12th place by 2027.
Health Ministry official Shahin Akhoundzadeh said Iran’s ranking in scientific output has fallen from 15th to 17th, especially in the past three years due to sanctions, economic restrictions and restrictions on publishing papers by Iranian academics.
Progress in the country’s scientific production will require compensating for research and technology setbacks through funding, promoting research and promoting meritocracy, which will also reduce the emigration of young elites, Akhoundzadeh was quoted as saying on the Health Ministry’s website.
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