Iran

#40 of 189

0.3% of editorial positions

1,911
Positions
1,506
Editors
1,025
Journals
28
Publishers
21.8
Mean h-index

Iran ranks #40 among 189 countries. 1,911 positions across 1,025 journals. 1,506 editors. 16.4% female (below avg 33%). Mean h-index: 21.8 (below avg 22.5). 0.3% of global positions.

Gender distribution

Male
1,121
Female
220
Unknown
165

16.4% female · 83.6% male (of 1,341 resolved; global avg 33%)

Each editor counted once at this entity (composite identity key). Gender is inferred from the first name — not self-reported — and coverage drops for non-Latin-script names, which inflates the "unknown" bar in some countries.

Board diversity

Per-editor diversity indicators. Each editor is counted once (composite identity key). The Shannon columns use Pielou's normalisation J = H / ln(k) so values are comparable across entities with different numbers of categories. See the methodology for full definitions, use cases, and references (Shannon 1948; Pielou 1966; Jost 2006).

0.823
Pielou's J over OpenAlex scientific fields. High values mean this entity's editors span many disciplines (a broad multidisciplinary footprint); low values mean they cluster in one field. Especially informative for institution pages, where the country and org_type Shannons are trivially zero.
0.190
Pielou's J over the ROR org_type field (education, healthcare, facility, government, nonprofit, company, archive). Low values mean editors come overwhelmingly from one kind of institution — usually universities, which account for about 82% of editors dataset-wide. Higher values indicate editorial boards that reach into clinical practice, public labs, industry, or scientific societies.
18 yr
Median years since first OpenAlex-indexed publication, per unique editor. IQR 13–23.5 yr (spread 10.5 yr), mean 19.1 yr, n = 1,275. A low median with a small IQR indicates a board clustered in one career stage; a large IQR signals generational mix.