Statnano portal has been publishing reports about various aspects of nanotechnology since 2010. According to the annual report of 2018, more than 166,000 articles have been published in the Web of Science portal, which is 7% more than 2017.
According to Iran Nanotechnology Inovation Council (INIC), Iran has maintained its 4th rank among top publishers of nanotechnology articles after China, United States, and India.
The ranking of the top 20 countries in nanotechnology-related publications are listed below:
| Rank | Country | Nano-articles |
Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 65,594 | 39.47 |
| 2 | USA | 24,514 | 14.75 |
| 3 | India | 14,036 | 8.45 |
| 4 | Iran | 9,662 | 5.81 |
| 5 | South Korea | 9,372 | 5.64 |
| 6 | Germany | 8,448 | 5.08 |
| 7 | Japan | 7,381 | 4.44 |
| 8 | UK | 5,667 | 3.41 |
| 9 | France | 5,412 | 3.26 |
| 10 | Russia | 5,309 | 3.19 |
| 11 | Spain | 4,518 | 2.72 |
| 12 | Italy | 4,227 |
2.54 |
| 13 | Australia | 4,122 | 2.48 |
| 14 | Canada | 3,603 | 2.17 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3,109 | 1.87 |
| 16 | Brazil | 3,075 | 1.85 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 2,885 | 1.74 |
| 18 | Turkey | 2,491 | 1.50 |
| 19 | Poland | 2,438 | 1.47 |
| 20 | Egypt | 2,235 | 1.34 |
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