Iran ranks 18th in world in medical sciences

The Islamic Republic of Iran has ranked 18th in terms of science production in medicine in the world, according to the latest statistics released by several international scientific centers.

Iran has garnered this high ranking from among 238 countries across the world, IRNA quoted the deputy manager of education at Iran’s Health Ministry Amir Mohsen Ziaei as saying.

In 2000, the Islamic Republic ranked 53rd in the world in terms of highly cited medical articles but improved to the 23rd rank in 2011.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology in recent years despite US sanctions.

Iran also ranked 20th in science production in the world in 2013, according to the recent statistics announced by Thomson Reuters.

Iran has allocated 1.57 % of the world science production since the beginning of 2013 that located the country in the released rank by Thomson Reuters.

Meanwhile, Iran has also ranked first in the region and eighth in the world in science production in the field of nanotechnology, the secretary of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Saeed Sarkar had earlier announced.

Iran’s 2009 growth rate in science and technology was highest globally being 11 times faster than the world’s average rate.