INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Rank reported.With 505 documents published in the field of complementary and alternative medicine, the country was placed fourth next to
China (4998), the United States (1168), and India (710) in the world.In 2020, Iran placed fourth in the world ranking, while in 2019 and
2018 the country ranked fifth, according to the report.The SCImago Journal - Country Rank includes the journals and country scientific
indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database (Elsevier B.V.)
These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains
Citation data is drawn from over 34,100 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers and country performance metrics from 239
countries worldwide.Studies show that Iran enters the year 2022 with the rank of 15 in science production worldwide and it is expected to
collaborations, activities of researchers, and educational and research institutions of a country.In reviewing scientific products, various
indicators such as publication of articles in prestigious international journals, citations, validity of journals, the level of
productivity, and scientific impact of scientists are considered quantitatively and qualitatively.With 505 documents published in this
field, Iran was placed fourth next to China (4998), the United States (1168), and India (710) in the world.According to the latest
information on science production, Iran is ranked 15th in the world in the international system of Web of Science in 2021, with an h-index
shows that the production of conference papers has been on a downward trend during 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak.The share of Iranian
science production from conference papers has dropped from 7.38 percent in 2017 to 1.26 percent in 2021.Scientific studies and analyses
extracted from the Scopus International Citation Database showed that the rate of scientific contributions of Iranian researchers to the
world increased from 22.24 percent in 2017 to 35.6 percent in 2021.Three groups of engineering, chemistry, and materials science have been
the most important research areas in the country over the last 5 years.In the SCOPUS international regulations, the most important research
areas of Iran in the production of science in 2021 have been medicine, engineering, and materials science, respectively.Iran's scientific
partner countries were the United States, China, and Canada in 2021, the United States, Canada, and China in 2020, and the United States,
Canada, and the United Kingdom in 2017, 2018, and 2019.Web of Science shows that the coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected the
percentage of conference papers
The share of Iranian science production from conference papers in the Scopus database in 2021 was estimated at 1.80 percent, which was 6.50
percent in 2017 and 5.85 percent in 2018.MG
