In accordance with its adopted policy in the field of scientific research and in the interest of the academic interaction of its university institutions on the widest possible global scale, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announces the rise and increase of the Iraqi universities’ research indicator published in Scopus global containers to seventy-nine thousand and ninety-seven research.
In this context, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb, stressed in a letter to public and private universities and colleges the necessity of global publishing, upgrading Iraqi journals, enhancing their presence in international fields, enabling universities to develop their competitive positions in global rankings, and providing international partnerships in the various fields of scientific research and benefiting from its results and employing them towards areas that keep pace with and respond to the requirements of comprehensive development.
In this regard, Scopus documented the lead of the University of Baghdad, which achieved the publication of sixteen thousand two hundred and seventy-six research at the level of Iraqi government universities, while Al-Mustaqbal University College achieved the publication of four hundred and eighteen research at the level of Iraqi private universities and colleges in global publication.
It is worth noting that the portal specialized in scientific journals and indicators for the classification of countries (https://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?year=2020) has shown Iraq to be the forty-fifth globally, sixth in the Middle East and third in the Arab world by publishing scientific research.
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Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
