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<blockquote data-quote="BobB" data-source="post: 2627674" data-attributes="member: 207582">Iran has a population of 75 million, over four times greater than the populations of Israel and Portugal combined. Yes, raw numbers of papers are a very poor measurement indeed. Australia published more than twice as many papers as Iran, despite having less than a third of its population.So nothing special from Iran.Turkey has comparatively advanced technology compared to the rest of the Middle east, and India and China also have sophisticated equipment at their disposal. They can and do contribute volumes to scientific research, and will continue to do so. Given that both China and India have massive populations and some of the biggest economies in the world, this is not surprising.&quot;Growth&quot; is something you should be careful when using to describe things, as something&#039;s growth is not always a good indication as to how it will eventually pan out. If a country&#039;s output is small, then a small numerical increase is still a large proportional increase. Eventually, a country will also &quot;max out&quot;, and produce the maximum number of papers it is reasonably going to be able to produce. That&#039;s a much better indicator than how much it is growing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BobB, post: 2627674, member: 207582"] Iran has a population of 75 million, over four times greater than the populations of Israel and Portugal combined. Yes, raw numbers of papers are a very poor measurement indeed. Australia published more than twice as many papers as Iran, despite having less than a third of its population. So nothing special from Iran. Turkey has comparatively advanced technology compared to the rest of the Middle east, and India and China also have sophisticated equipment at their disposal. They can and do contribute volumes to scientific research, and will continue to do so. Given that both China and India have massive populations and some of the biggest economies in the world, this is not surprising. "Growth" is something you should be careful when using to describe things, as something's growth is not always a good indication as to how it will eventually pan out. If a country's output is small, then a small numerical increase is still a large proportional increase. Eventually, a country will also "max out", and produce the maximum number of papers it is reasonably going to be able to produce. That's a much better indicator than how much it is growing. [/QUOTE]

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