Iran stands 1st in regional raking on medical ethics research

The Iranian minister of health announced that the country ranks first in the Middle East region in terms of its research on medical ethics.

News ID: 5780

Date: 15 January 2025 - 12:21

TABNAK, Jan 15: And the faculties of medicine and the research centers play important role in this area, Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi said on the sidelines of the 11th Annual Iranian Congress of Medical Ethics and 8th Nursing Ethics Congress in Tehran.

In his remarks, the minister stressed the importance of following the medical ethics rules.

Elaborating on the Ministry’s plans, Zafarqandi said he prioritizes pursuing family physician program which can provide fair services for all patients.

At the end of his remarks, the Iranian health minister appreciated the medical personnel for their great commitments to their duties.

According to data released by Scopus, Iran published 78,225 scientific articles in this database in 2022. Accordingly, Iran is ranked 15th in the world in terms of publication of scientific works for the fourth consecutive year.

Scopus data in 2022 shows that Iran ranks first among countries in the region in terms of the number of scientific publications.

A review of Scopus data from 2014 to 2022 showed that Iran has always been the first among the countries in the region in terms of the number of publications and has been able to maintain this position.