Iran makes progress in ISC World University Rankings by Subject

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different subject areas, while last year, 39 universities were included.ISC is the third internationally accredited citation center
established in the Islamic Republic of Iran based on a resolution adopted in 2008 by the 4th Meeting of the Islamic Ministers of Higher
Education (ICMHESR) in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to index, evaluate and publish scientific productions in Islamic
countries.Natural sciences, engineering, and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
are the main categories in the ranking.In the ISC global ranking, all subjects are divided into 6 main categories and 42 subcategories
The 6 main categories include natural sciences, engineering, and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural sciences, social
sciences, and humanities.In the ISC Rankings by Subject, the target universities in each subject area are among the top 700 universities in
the world in terms of the number of publications; in a three-year period, at least 150 degrees should be published in that subject area,
which is registered in the incite database.Iranian top universities ranked among the top universities of the world in 6 out of 7
subcategories of natural sciences, engineering, and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, and
humanities.The University of Tehran (401-450) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (451-500) placed first and second among the Iranian
universities in these subcategories, respectively.In the fields of humanities, only the University of Tehran has managed to rank 501-600,
and there is no university from Iran in this field, as well as the field of social and economic geography.Islamic countries in ISC
Islamic countries, the largest number of which is related to Iran (with 11 universities), followed by Malaysia with 5 universities.The best
rank in this field belongs to Saudi Arabia placed 120.In the field of engineering and technology, 56 universities from Islamic countries
were present, the highest number also relates to Iran with 15 universities, then Malaysia with 12
Saudi Arabia ranked first.In the field of medical sciences and health, there were 49 universities from Islamic countries, the largest number
being in Turkey with 15 universities
Iran with 12 universities and Egypt with 7 universities have was ranked after Turkey
Moreover, the best rank in this field was obtained by Iran.In the field of agricultural sciences, Islamic countries presented 88
universities, the largest number of which was in Turkey with 24 universities, Iran with 16, and Indonesia with 11 universities were the
countries with the highest share in this field
Also, the best rank belonged to Malaysia.In the social sciences category, there were 19 universities from Islamic countries, the largest
number of which is related to Malaysia with 5 universities
Turkey with 2 universities got the highest number of participants
Saudi Arabia and Malaysia also got the best rank.According to the Islamic World Science Citation Database, there were 8 universities from
Islamic countries in the field of humanities, the largest share is related to Malaysia with 4 universities
Turkey with 3 universities and Iran with 1 university has also been listed in this subject area
And Malaysia also got the best rank.FB/MG