Abstract

KHOUBNASABJAFARI, Maryam et al. Contribution of Iranian chemists in research activities, on the occasion of the International Year of Chemistry. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2011, vol.40, n.2, pp.240-260. ISSN 0034-7418.

On the occasion of the International Year of Chemistry (2011), scientometric analysis of the publications of Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Israel and Malaysia in all fields and also in four chemistry sub-categories were extracted from Scopus and a number of quantitative and qualitative measures of the publications were discussed. Based on these findings, Iran is the leading state among the investigated countries in the field of chemistry concerning the number of publications and Israel is the leading state followed by Iran when the qualitative measures are considered.

Keywords : Scientometric; Iranian chemists; International Year of Chemistry..

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