The Distribution Pattern of Iran ISI Documents in Different Research Areas During 1970-2017

During recent decades the quantity of Iran research activities and consequently the number of its scientific outputs has increased dramatically However according to experts remarks and related studies the whole set of these activities has a very poor quality and effectiveness Therefore to understand related shortcomings and deviations it is needed to investigate the countrys science and research system from different aspects Since some experts explained that imbalance between different science branches and in particular inattention to humanities and social sciences are among the fundamental defects of Iran science and research system the purpose of this study was investigation of the distribution pattern of Iran ISI documents in different research areas during In this regard first data on Iran ISI documents were extracted from Web of Knowledge Then the trends of share of each research area of Iran total documents share of Iran documents of world total documents in each research area and Iran rank according to document count separated based on research area were investigated in the intended period of time and presented as some charts Findings showed that there is no acceptable balance between the number of Iran ISI documents in different research areas and in particular the share of humanities and social sciences has been very low So the assumption that one of the fundamental causes of Iran science and research system Inefficiency is inattention to humanities and social sciences is strengthened and investigating the subject in more details is recommended.