⚡ Science and Research in Iran

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Iran is a Western Asian country with a population of over 89 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are detected on 0.4% of websites from Iran.

Statistics based on 23K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Iran in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Scholar with a substantial share of 72.3%, followed by Academia with 47.9% and ResearchGate with 17%.

Google Scholar 72.3%
Academia 47.9%
ResearchGate 17%
ORCID 7.4%
arXiv 2.1%
Scribd 1.1%
Semantic Scholar 1.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Iran than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Academia ^(-3)
7. Semantic Scholar ^(-2)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 7 science and research platforms used on sites from Iran, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free academic search engine that indexes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	72.3%
2	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	47.9%
3	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	17%
4	ORCID Bethesda, Maryland, United States An open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems. Free	7.4%
5	arXiv Ithaca, New York, United States An open-access repository operated by Cornell University that provides free access to scholarly articles across fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, and economics. Free	2.1%
6	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	1.1%
7	Semantic Scholar Seattle, Washington, United States An AI-powered search and discovery tool developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence that helps researchers discover and understand scientific literature that's most relevant to their work. Free	1.1%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 23,474 websites from Iran.
We currently track the presence of 9 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 7 were detected on websites from Iran.
Statistics were last calculated on September 15, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.