University of Tehran in the National Taiwan University Ranking

University of Tehran stands among the world's top 500 research universities, according to the recent ranking of universities based on the performance of scientific papers released on Oct. 10. University of Tehran is No. 418 among all universities worldwide.

The ranking by National Taiwan University (NTU), released on Oct. 10, is based on quality and quantity indicators in the performance of scientific papers. NTU uses bibliometric methods for its analysis and ranking, drawing data from Essential Science Indicators (ESI), the Web of Science Core Collection (WOS) and Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

The overall indicators used include: number of articles in the last 11 years, number of articles in the current year, number of citations in the last 11 years, number of citations in the last two years, average number of citations in the last 11 years, an "h-index" of the last two years, number of highly cited papers, and number of articles in the current year in high-impact journals.

In addition to University of Tehran, 7 Iranian institutions are among top 800 institutions around the world.

http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/OverallRanking_Countries.aspx?query=&country=Iran&y=2017