In the name of God,

the compassionate,

the merciful

Fereshteh Didegah

Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) SeminarOctober, 2010

Quantity and Quality Assessment of Research in Islamic World Universities

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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 2009. Over the examined years, the

publications of Islmic countries were published by

approximately 1900 univesities and research institutions.

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• The Top 10-Publications

• The Top 10-CPP

• The Top 10-MNCS

• The Top 10, 20, 50, 100 per Country

• The Top by Fields-Publications

Part 1

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Ankara U

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Gazi U

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Middle

E Tech U

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Cairo U

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The top 10 universities based on no. of publications

• The Top 10-Publications

• The Top 10-CPP

• The Top 10-MNCS

• The Top 10, 20, 50, 100 per Country

• The Top by Fields-Publications

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The top 10 universities based on CPP(Citation Per Paper)

• The Top 10-Publications

• The Top 10-CPP

• The Top 10-MNCS

• The Top 10, 20, 50, 100-per Country

• The Top by Fields-Publications

Part 1

Leiden UniversityCWTS

MNCS (Median Normalized Citation Score)

Developed by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University.

Calculation formula is as follows:

MNCS=

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The top 10 universities based on MNCS (Alternative Crown Indicator)

• The Top 10-Publications

• The Top 10-CPP

• The Top 10-MNCS

• The Top 10, 20, 50, 100 per Country

• The Top by Fields-Publications

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Iran

Malaysia

Turkey

Egypt

The Top 10 and 20 Universities of Islamic World

The Top 50 and 100 Universities of Islamic World

Turkey Egypt Nigeria Jordan Emirates

Iran Saudi Arabia Kuwait Oman Tunisia

Malaysia Pakistan Lebanon Cameroon Uganda

• The Top 10-Publications

• The Top 10-CPP

• The Top 10-MNCS

• The Top 10, 20, 50, 100 per Country

• The Top by Fields-Publications

Part 1

Agri Sci Bio & Biochem

Com Sci

Geoscie-nce

Immunol

ogyMath

Enginee

ring

Physics

Social

Sci

IRAN

Sharif Univ

Univ TehranUniv Tehran

Univ Tehran

Univ Tehran

Univ Tehran Med

Sharif Univ

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 UnivIstanbul Univ

Istanbul Univ Bilkent Univ

Istanbul Tech UnivMiddle E Tech Univ

Sabanci Univ

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n/Ecol

Neurosci

Psychiat

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Psychol

Univ Malaya

Univ Kebangsaan Microbiology

Chemistry

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UAE Univ

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Universities’ funded publications vs. unfunded onesUniversities’ collaborative publications

2 Charachteristics

We have witnessed a dramatic growth in co-production of research results.

Research collaboration enhances the quality of research.

Indeed collaboration leads paperswith more authors to be cited more often.

COLLABORATION

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6.8

The Average Number of Authors Per Paper

Top 100 Universities of Islamic Countries

Top 100 Universities of the

World

FUNDING

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.

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48.23Top 100 Universities of Islamic Countries

Top 100 Universities of the

World

The Average Percentage of Funded Publications

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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.

Thank you for listening

October 2010, Tehran, Iran