A Comparison of Scientific Productions of Iran with Competitor Countries in the Middle East in the Field of Education

Background and aim: The aims of this study was to compare the scientific productions of Iran in the field of education with competitor countries in the Middle East (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and Israel) based on published articles in the Web of Science database from 2003 to 2012. Material and methods: Research method was scientometrics. Data was extracted from the WoS database. Totally, 4716 articles were retrieved With writing the research formula in advanced research, selecting three indexes of scientific citation, social sciences, art and humanities. The statistical population consisted of all of the scientific productions of 6 countries Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel in the field of education sciences. Excel and SPSS software were used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that the amount of the scientific productions of Iran in the field of education was 1046 articles from 2003 to 2012, and the highest one was belonged to Education with 529 articles and Educational Technology with 28 articles was the lowest amount in these productions. Conclusion: The scientific productions of Iran in the field of education have increasingly grown during 10 years so that Iran is located after Turkey with 31.6 percent growth.