Iran's scientific rank dropped from 54th to 16th in the world; The growth of scientific production has slowed Feridon Azizi, head of the Endocrine Science Research Institute of the Shahid Bahshti University of Medical Sciences, referring to the improvement of Iran's scientific position in recent decades from 54th place to 16th in the world, said that the growth in scientific production in the country has been accompanied by a kind of stagnation in recent years. Stating that the distance between Iran and Turkey has decreased in terms of the number of scientific articles, he added that countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia have also grown significantly in the production of science. Azizi saw the reduction of support for researchers as one of the challenges in this field and emphasized that in order to maintain Iran's scientific status, it is necessary to review the research policy and strengthen support for scientists.