ParsToday – “Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi” highlighted Iran’s high scientific ranking in the three fields of pharmacy, dentistry, and nursing globally.
According to a report by Pars Today, citing Mehr News Agency, Iran’s Health Minister “Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi,” described the country’s scientific standing as favorable during the closing ceremony of the 30th Razi medical sciences research and technology festival in Tehran. He stated: In pharmacy, we rank 8th, in dentistry 11th, and in nursing 13th in global scientific output.
Zafarghandi emphasized that the development of any country depends on scientific progress, saying: No development will occur unless the prerequisite for scientific growth — which is the respect and recognition of scholars — is realized. Throughout history, whenever scholars were valued, it led to the growth and development of that nation.
Pointing to Iran’s good scientific ranking globally, he said: If we want our country to develop and place national interests at the forefront of our goals, we have no choice but to prioritize the prerequisites for scientific and research development, which is to honor science and scholars as the cornerstone of our work.
Iran’s scientific advancement over the past 20 years: Rising from 34th place in 2005 to 17th place in 2024
Meanwhile, according to “Seyyed Ahmad Fazelzadeh,” the head of the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), which is responsible for monitoring science and technology in Iran and other Islamic countries, Iran ranked 17th globally in scientific output in 2024 and secured the 2nd position among Islamic countries.
Based on this report, an analysis of scientific production by researchers from the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past 20 years shows that scientific output has continued to increase significantly. In 2005, Iran produced 8,497 scientific outputs globally, which rose to 75,928 in 2024.
Fazelzadeh added: In terms of scientific output, Iran ranked 50th globally in the first year after the victory of the Islamic Revolution (1980). While it ranked 5th among Islamic countries in the first year after the Revolution, it has now risen to 2nd place in 2024.
The head of ISC emphasized: Scientific production in Iran has grown 267-fold from the beginning of the Islamic Revolution to the present day.
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