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Moradimoghadam H. Analysis of the Scientific Diplomacy Trends of Top Iranian Universities from 2014 to 2024. CJS 2026; 13 (1) :39-52
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Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran , h-moradimoghadam@semnan.ac.ir
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Background and aim: One of the criteria of the world university ranking system in the Leiden ranking is scientific diplomacy, which includes scientific cooperation, international cooperation, and industrial cooperation. This study aims to examine the status of international scientific cooperation and the scientific diplomacy index of Iran and its top universities from 2014 to 2024.
Materials and methods: The present study is applied in nature and descriptive and analytical in terms of purpose, and it was conducted using a scientometric approach. The research population included data from the Web of Science database to examine the status of international co-authored articles by Iranian and foreign authors, as well as the ISC database and data from the Leiden ranking to examine the trend of the science diplomacy index of top Iranian universities. Data analysis was performed using statistical tests such as trend analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance, and Bonferroni post hoc test using SPSS version 27 software.
Findings: The findings of the study showed that in terms of scientific diplomacy during the reviewed years , the best universities in Iran based on Leiden ranking were University of Tehran (ranked 201), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (ranked 235), and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (ranked 384). In regard with co-authored articles and international scientific cooperation over the past eleven years, the countries of the United States, Canada, China, Australia, and the United Kingdom have ranked first to fifth in Iran's international cooperation. In terms of the ranking of Iran's scientific diplomacy as well as the country's top universities, the best performance can be observed in 2022. The results of trend analysis showed that the linear trends (P=0.99, F=0.0001) and quadratic trends (P=0.96, F=0.002) of science diplomacy are not significant. This means that no predictable, significant linear increasing or decreasing trend can be identified for scientific diplomacy over the study period. However, the statistics related to the third-order trend (P=0.05, F=4.33) and fourth-order trend (P=0.02, F=6.85) indicate the significance of this trend.
Conclusion: The research results indicate that the decreasing or increasing trend of scientific diplomacy ranking of top Iranian universities has not been linear. In certain years, this trend has seen notable declines or increases. Therefore, the changes in scientific diplomacy have not followed a uniform trend and they show a complex trend, suggesting that there have likely been turning points in the history of scientific diplomacy of top universities in Iran.
Materials and methods: The present study is applied in nature and descriptive and analytical in terms of purpose, and it was conducted using a scientometric approach. The research population included data from the Web of Science database to examine the status of international co-authored articles by Iranian and foreign authors, as well as the ISC database and data from the Leiden ranking to examine the trend of the science diplomacy index of top Iranian universities. Data analysis was performed using statistical tests such as trend analysis, repeated measures analysis of variance, and Bonferroni post hoc test using SPSS version 27 software.
Findings: The findings of the study showed that in terms of scientific diplomacy during the reviewed years , the best universities in Iran based on Leiden ranking were University of Tehran (ranked 201), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (ranked 235), and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (ranked 384). In regard with co-authored articles and international scientific cooperation over the past eleven years, the countries of the United States, Canada, China, Australia, and the United Kingdom have ranked first to fifth in Iran's international cooperation. In terms of the ranking of Iran's scientific diplomacy as well as the country's top universities, the best performance can be observed in 2022. The results of trend analysis showed that the linear trends (P=0.99, F=0.0001) and quadratic trends (P=0.96, F=0.002) of science diplomacy are not significant. This means that no predictable, significant linear increasing or decreasing trend can be identified for scientific diplomacy over the study period. However, the statistics related to the third-order trend (P=0.05, F=4.33) and fourth-order trend (P=0.02, F=6.85) indicate the significance of this trend.
Conclusion: The research results indicate that the decreasing or increasing trend of scientific diplomacy ranking of top Iranian universities has not been linear. In certain years, this trend has seen notable declines or increases. Therefore, the changes in scientific diplomacy have not followed a uniform trend and they show a complex trend, suggesting that there have likely been turning points in the history of scientific diplomacy of top universities in Iran.
Keywords: Scientific diplomacy, Web of Science Citation Index, Iranian universities, Leiden ranking, Trend analysis
Type of Study: Orginal |
Subject:
Scientometrics
Received: 2025/11/1 | Revised: 2026/04/25 | Accepted: 2026/05/2 | ePublished: 2026/05/18
Received: 2025/11/1 | Revised: 2026/04/25 | Accepted: 2026/05/2 | ePublished: 2026/05/18
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