http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?area=0&category=0®ion=all&year=2012&order=it&min=0&min_type=it

“According to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Iran increased its academic publishing output nearly tenfold from 1996 to 2004, and has been ranked first globally in terms of output growth rate (followed by China with a 3 fold increase).”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Iran#Contribution_of_Iranians_and_people_of_Iranian_origin_to_modern_science