Science diplomacy developing despite sanctions

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
sanctions, the international activities of Iranian scientists have increased year by year, so that more than 35 percent of Iranian articles
in Scopus have been multi-national projects, Peyman Salehi, the deputy science minister, has said.He made the remarks at the COMSTECH (the
Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) ceremony on
Saturday.Science diplomacy is the use of scientific collaborations among nations to address common problems and build constructive
international partnerships.In 2021, Iranian scientists published more than 77,000 scientific articles in the Scopus database, so that, Iran
has been ranked 15th in science production, he said, IRNA reported.The country also ranked 15th and 16th in the world in terms of scientific
references, he added.In 2011, the share of Iranian articles with international participation was about 16.5 percent, which increased to 34.2
science production in 1996 and ranked 15th in 2021
Accordingly, we are leading the region in science production.Out of a total of 77,000 articles published by Iranian scientists in the Scopus
database last year, 35.7 percent were related to international joint activities
Despite the sanctions, the amount of joint scientific activities of Iranian researchers has increased every year.Iranian scientists are not
proves this issue.Referring to research centers, institutes, and science and technology hubs, he highlighted that in the past years, with
the establishment of 240 innovation centers, as well as 49 science and technology parks, we have launched a complete roadmap to transform
scientific diplomacy has reached more than 34 percent since the beginning of 2021, the highest level in the past 20 years.Science diplomacy
is the use of scientific collaborations among nations to address common problems and build constructive international partnerships
It is a form of new diplomacy and has become an umbrella term to describe a number of formal or informal technical, research-based,
academic, or engineering exchanges, within the general field of international relations.Comparing the rate of 2020 with 2019, Iran with a
growth of 12.5 percent and with a slight difference from India has gained second place in the world in terms of the growth of world science
diplomacy, Mohammad Javad Dehghani, head of the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), said.In 2011, the share of Iranian articles
with international participation was about 16.5 percent, which increased to 19.7 percent in 2016 and gradually in the following years, so
that in 2020 and 2021, reached 30.5 and 34.2 percent, respectively, he added.The share of Iranian articles with international participation