The Convergence of Technologies in Published Articles of Iranian Researchers During the Period 2001-2015: Word Mining Approach

Convergence of technologies especially in nanotechnology biotechnology information technology and cognitive science NBIC is a significant trend that can be seen in research projects inventions and finally the production of new goods and services This phenomenon first appears in research and consequently in scientific publications Iranian researchers have also followed this trend in research This study is intended to identify and introduce bilateral or multilateral convergence of NBIC areas based on Irans scientific publications indexed in Scopus Convergence is underway with the keywords of four technological fields in the title of articles published from to and focused on four types of convergence including materials techniques applications and tools Accordingly the greatest convergence is seen in the dual NanoBio combination and the least convergence in the triple combination of CognoBioNano The results also show that the BioInfoNano type of convergence has taken place in the forms of materials and techniques in the BioCognoNano composition as materials in the CognoNanoInfo as applications in the CognoNano composition in the forms of materials and applications in the NanoBio combination of materials in the combination of NanoInformation as tools and techniques while in the CognoInfo and BioInfo combinations it was as techniques Finally to strengthen the scientific and interdisciplinary cooperation to pave the way for achieving higher levels of convergence suggestions have been proposed to science and technology policymakers