According to Scopus, the publication of scientific journals in Persian has increased forty-fold in the last 20 years, giving Persian language a ranking of 15th in the world in terms of quantity of scientific production.

The announcement was made by Mohammad Javad Dehghani, President of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), on the sidelines of the 13th International Conference for the Promotion of Persian Language and Literature currently underway in Shiraz.

According to the Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, the publication of scientific journals in Persian from 1997 to the end of 2017 has increased by forty times, which has improved the global ranking of Persian language in terms of quantity of scientific production from 30th to 15th place. / MNA /