IUST Promoted by 107 in SIR 2012

 SIR (SCIMAGO Institutions Ranking) has published its 2012 annual rankings report. According to the 2012 SIR report, Iran University of Science and Technology was promoted from its rank of 774 in 2011 to 667 in 2012.

 SIR bases its reports on a number of factors, including an institution’s quantitative data, scientific documents, advanced research procedures, and rankings from its’ surrounding regions. This appraisal was, more specifically, based on the number of published articles compiled by researchers in the university or national research institutions, acknowledgement from the international community, the ratio of an institution’s scientific impacts to the global average, the ratio of an institutions’ published scientific articles in accredited scholarly journals, the number of a university’s specialized topics publications, and a 10% publication of accredited scholarly articles by professors within the field. This ranking was based on 3290 universities and research centers of 106 countries.

 We applaud all members of the Iran University of Science and Technology community for this achievement.