Scientific Output of Iranian Authors in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

This paper aimed to study scientific output of Iranian authors in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology according to Science Citation Index (SCI) between 1995 and 2009. The most frequently cited and linked influential authors, their co-operation coefficient (CC), the most cited influential journals, publication ratio, scientific output, language and form of publications, and the countries cooperating with Iranian researchers were reported. Historiography map of Iran Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was also illustrated. It was shown that during the studied period, Iranian authors published 959 documents in 5 different forms in 111 journals with the ratio of 71 %. Authors from 31 countries have cooperated with their Iranian colleagues among which Canada, England and Germany ranked first to third respectively, with the CC equal to 0.448. Clusters shaped included 5 subjects: photochemical methods to control Nano particle sizes, alternative quantum point analysis of metals, different features and indicators of nano-tube, calculation of nano-tube indicators, and nano-tube composition.