Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) Seminar October, 2010

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 Two variables have been used to assess research contribution; scientific production, and its quality.  We will argue both factors, quantity and quality of the research output in the unviersities of Islamic world.

 Part one: Introducing the top universities in terms of different factors including Number of Publications, Average number of citations per paper (CPP) and MNCS.  Part two: Investigating two features Funding and Collaboration among universities of Islamic world and compare them with the top universities of the world.

 The data for the research were collected from WoS during 2007 to Over the examined years, the publications of Islmic countries were published by approximately 1900 univesities and research institutions.

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Part 1

Leiden University CWTS MNCS (Median Normalized Citation Score) Developed by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University. Calculation formula is as follows:

Iran

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Iran Malaysia Turkey Egypt

TurkeyEgyptNigeriaJordanEmirates IranSaudi ArabiaKuwaitOmanTunisia MalaysiaPakistanLebanonCameroonUganda

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Agri Sci Bio & Bioc hem Com Sci Geoscie -nce Immun ol ogy Math Engine ering Physics Social Sci Sharif Univ Univ Tehran Univ Tehran Med Sharif Univ Material Sci Univ Tehran Med Pharm Univ Tehran Med Ferdowsi Univ

Clinical Med Plant & Animal Science Econ & Bus Space Science Mol Biol & Gen Hacettepe Univ Ankara Univ Istanbul Univ Bilkent Univ Istanbul Tech Univ Middle E Tech Univ Sabanci Univ Environ /Ecol Neurosci Psychiat/ Psychol

Microbiology Chemistry Multidisciplinary Malaysia Emirates UAE Univ

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Universities’ funded publications vs. unfunded ones Universities’ collaborative publications 2Charachteristics

We have witnessed a dramatic growth in co- production of research results. Research collaboration enhances the quality of research. Indeed collaboration leads papers with more authors to be cited more often.

Top 100 Universities of Islamic Countries Top 100 Universities of the World

 Research is expensive and requires adequate funding.  Research funds can be counted as important incentives for researchers to do high quality research.  Funded research have a higher impact than that of unfunded ones.

Top 100 Universities of Islamic Countries Top 100 Universities of the World

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 The most productive and the most cited universities of islamic countries are from Iran and Turkey.  All in all, the most number of top 100 universities are Turkish, Iranian, Malaysian and Egyptian universities.

 The tendency toward research collaboration is weak in Islamic world unviversities compare with top universities of the world.  The attempt toward receiving funds is not significant in universities of Islamic countries. This is while, a large percentage of publications in top universities of the world are funded by funding agencies.

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 The message of this research to scientific policy makers in Islamic countries and institutions is that persuade the researchers to work in research teams and cooperate with researchers all over the world.  Also, scientific policy makers are expected to pay more attention and endeavor to attract financial supports for carrying out research, especially vital and practical research projects in their country.