TEHRAN - Iran is the top country among Islamic nations for the number of publications in water science and technology, the head of the Islamic World Science Citation (ISC) Institute has said.

Based on the data released by the Web of Science database, in many fields of water technology, including multi-stage flash distillation, multi-effect distillation, steam compression distillation, reverse osmosis or reverse permeability, and membrane distillation, the country has taken first place among the leading Islamic countries, IRNA quoted Ahmad Fazelzadeh as saying.

In terms of the number of scientific documents published in the Web of Science, the United States and China have been ranked first and second, he added.

In 2022, Iran was ranked the fourth top country in the world in water technology, Mohammad Hemmat, an official with the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, has said.

Through targeted planning, the Vice Presidency intends to advance the country’s position to the third top country in this field, IRNA quoted Hemmat as saying.

In 2021, the country was ranked sixth in the world by the prestigious ranking site SCImago, he added.

“Currently, according to the announced ranking, only three countries, namely China, the United States, and India are ranked higher than Iran, and all European countries are ranked lower than Iran in this scientific field.”

Over the past 25 years, Iran has surpassed countries such as England, Germany, Canada, France, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, and many other countries, he concluded.