1. Scientific proliferation Past, Present, and future prospects. Sadeghi Ramin, MD Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

2. Scientific output The only way to propagate our experience to the next generation is scientific writings such as articles, books, etc.

3. Scientific output Different countries are measured by their scientific outputs and it is important to make our beloved country more proliferate in science.

4. Scientific output It is our ethical duty to publish what we know and what we experienced as academic members.

5. Scientific output Publish or Perish

6. Iran: Past Ancient Persia had a long history of practice in medicine Some religious texts of Indoiranians such as Ayurveda and Avesta contains medical information Gondishapur during the reign of Shapur the first was one of the important medical universities in the ancient world

7. Iran: Past After rise of Islam Translation of ancient greek and Pahlavi medical books into arabic Ibn Ishagh and Ibn Moghaffa’ Avicenna The most important figure in medicine during medieval period Canon used to be taught in Europe till 17 th century

10. Iran: Modern Era With the beginning of industrial revolution in Europe the scientific output of Iran decreased With opening of modern universities gradually the scientific output increased

11. Iran: Modern Era Revolution and imposed war Decreased the scientific proliferation of Iran significantly After war activities Scientific production of Iran is increasing in all aspect of science.

12. Iran: Modern Era In 2008 Iran ranked 21th (even better than Israel) in the world which makes her the first country in middle east in this regard

13. Iran: Modern Era According to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Iran increased its publication output nearly tenfold from 1996 to 2004, and has been ranked first in terms of output growth rate (followed by China).Institute for Scientific Information

14. Iran: Modern Era In 2008 report by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Iran ranked 32, 46 and 56 in Chemistry, Physics and Biology respectively among all science producing countries.Institute for Scientific InformationChemistryPhysics Biology

15. Global ranking 1996-2008

16. Ranking in 2008

17. Ranking in the middle east 2008

20. Iran: Nature editorials