Iran's Scientific Production in Scopus Database during 1999 to 2008

This research aimed to identify scientific production of Iran in Scopus database during 1999 to 2008. The research population consisted of 64826 documents which at least one of their authors was affiliated to Iranian universities or research institutions, and had been indexed in Scopus during the period studied. The results revealed that Iran's contribution to scientific production in the Middle-East in 2008 was 37 percent, while compared globally, it was less than 1%. These figures established the place of the Country in 2008 as the Second in the Middle-East, the Sixth in Asia, and the 22nd worldwide. The findings of the research showed that about 23% of the Country's scientific production available in Scopus is the result of international collaboration of Iranian researchers with other countries. Also, on the one hand,it was revealed that among others, the fields of Medicine, Chemistry, and Engineering have been the most productive branches in Iran. On the other hand, based on the results of a test of Regression, Bio-chemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology productions with 59.4 percent increase rate, had the highest level of increase during the decade studied. Further, examination of Iranian journals indexed in Scopus showed that Iranian Journal of Medical Archives with 638 indexed articles, had the maximum number of articles, and Journal of the Iranian Polymer with 753 citations received, was the most-cited Iranian journal in the Scopus database.