Evaluation of the Iran's biotechnology scientific outputs in comparison with the United Nations’ sustainable development goals

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Policy evaluation and Monitoring of Science, Technology, and Innovation Department, National Research Institute for Science Policy (Nrisp), Tehran, Iran

10.22069/jead.2024.22358.1821

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Introduction: The present study tried to assessment the alignment of the Iran's biotechnology scientific outputs with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.

Materials and methods: The current research is practical in terms of its purpose and it was carried out with a scientometric perspective, which used library methods to develop theoretical foundations and retrospective bibliometric analysis to collect data. The statistical population is all the Iranian researchers’ scientific outputs indexed in the Scopus in the field of "Biotechnology" from 2012 to 2021. In order to study the analysis of the Iran's biotechnology scientific outputs in line with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations,

Results: The examination of the alignment of Iran's scientific outputs in biotechnology with the goals of sustainable development. Accordingly, "Good Health and Well-Being" had the highest volume and percentage of publications in this field. In this way, Iran's strength is in terms of the quantity of scientific activities in biotechnology in order to achieve the desired goals. "Climate Action" and "Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" had Field-Weighted Citation Impact, and citations counts received in the goal of "Good Health and Well-Being" was more than other domains. Therefore, these three categories are the strength of the country in terms of the quality of scientific outputs in biotechnology and in accordance with the goals of sustainable development.

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Journal of Studies in Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Agricultural Development

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Available Online from 08 June 2024

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