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30% of Mideast scientific feats credited to Iran
Thirty percent of scientific achievements in the Middle East have been credited to Iran, said Iranian Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh.
"Iran is accountable for 30 percent of scientific achievements in the Middle East and 1.5 percent in the world," he said.
According to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) data in 2014, there are 60,000 top researchers across the world working in different fields, 88 are from Iran and 18 of whom are working in medical areas, ISNA reported.
According to Maleskzadeh, out of 25 million papers in the world, 245,000 belong to Iran, 32 percent of which are related to the medical field.
Iran stood 13th in the world and 1st in the region in terms of publishing papers in 2013.
According to the statistics, Iran produced over 39,000 articles in 2013, which ranked the country 17th in science production and made it top the region and even above Turkey.
The promotion is mainly due to achievements in the two areas of medical researches and technology at Iran’s Pasteur Institute.
Iran’s scientific progress is the result of the country’s recent policies and programs to develop knowledge and facilitate researchers' access to the world’s top academic resources.
Assessing and promoting research centers and medical universities and launching 50 new research centers have paved the way for the country’s scientific improvement, according to the report of the Iranian Health Ministry.
In 2000, the Islamic Republic ranked 53rd in the world in terms of highly cited medical articles and stood at 23rd rank in 2011.
According to the Institute for Scientific Information, Iranian researchers and scientists published 60,979 scientific articles in major international journals from 1999 to 2008.
Iran’s 2009 growth rate in science and technology was highest globally, being 11 times faster than the world’s average rate.
Great news Iran can easily achieve 50%
I hope the best for India as well ... 
