Tehran Ranks 34th among Top Clusters of Science, Technology
According to a report by the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, citing the WIPO report which was published on September 20, 2023 in Geneva, the Global Innovation Index (GII) which acts under the WAIPO has released its rankings of the innovation performance of a large number of economies around the world.
The GII science and technology clusters take the pulse of the most recent trends in global innovation, accoridng to the report.
With 37 patent applications and 9,320 scientific articles per one million people, Tehran ranked 34th in the world, standing above cities such as Melbourne (42nd), Madrid (48th), Zurich (49th), Milan (50th), Toronto (52nd) and Istanbul (59).
Among the top 100, Tokyo–Yokohama (Japan) is the top performing cluster, followed by Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou (China and Hong Kong, China), Seoul (Republic of Korea), Beijing (China) and Shanghai–Suzhou (China).
Seoul (Republic of Korea) climbs one place to third in the rankings overtaking Beijing (China) in fourth, in 2023.
Shanghai–Suzhou (China) rises one place to enter the top 5, primarily owing to a strong growth
in PCT filings. San Jose–San Francisco, CA (United States) follows in sixth position.
The four remaining top 10 clusters are unchanged on the previous year, with the exception of San Diego, CA, which climbs two places from 11th to 9th with New York City, NY dropping a place to 10th and Paris two places to 12th.
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