Drawing the scientific collaboration map of researchers at the University of Tehran: A short communication

The aim of this study was to illustrate the status of scientific collaboration of the University of Tehran in International Scientific Associations using Web of Science (WoS).

In this applied study, scientometric techniques were used to draw a scientific map. The statistical population included all scientific outputs of researchers affiliated with the University of Tehran from 2015 to 2019. The data were analyzed using Excel and VOSviewer.

The analysis of the findings showed that about 32% of the total outputs of the University of Tehran were done through international collaboration. Among the domestic institutions, the Islamic Azad University and among the foreign institutions, the "National Center for French Scientific Research" had the most collaboration with the researchers of the University of Tehran. Iranian researchers had the most collaboration with researchers from the United States, Canada and Germany. The fields of "Engineering", "Material Science" and "Chemistry" had the most collaboration with foreign researchers.

The scientific collaboration of the University of Tehran with foreign countries is in a favorable condition.