In Iran, the topic of science production was first introduced in the University of Tehran in 1986. However, the subject was not fully evaluated at that time and only an idea was formed in this regard. During 1993-1994, the University of Tehran announced that authors whose articles [A1] were published in valid international journals (e.g., ISI) would receive significant awards. This act of the mentioned university was the first serious measure taken to produce science in Iran (Mousavi Movahedi). From 2000 onwards, the topic of science production has been more followed up after the continuous emphasis of the Supreme Leader on the research area of the ministry of science, research and technology in a new form.

        Today, we witness the growing publication of resources in various scientific areas from one hand and the measurement of the level of scientific production growth in line with the scientific development of the country by applying novel scientometrics tools from the other hand.

In Iran, scientists mostly suffice to the statistics of citation databases abroad for scientometrics of scientific centers. In addition, the centers constantly assess and rank universities based on their English articles.

        One of the resources of scientometrics and scientific ranking of academic centers in the country is the statistics provided by Civilica, which analyzes and presents science production statistics of academic centers, and these statistics were gradually turned into the basis for ranking of academic centers regarding science production.