National Research Institute for Science Policy
Encyclopedia
National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), is an Iran
ian organisation established in 1980 to act as a research institute
and think tank
for the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian organisation established in 1980 to act as a research institute
Research institute
A research institute is an establishment endowed for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research...
and think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
for the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
Publications
NRISP publishes four periodicals:- Journal of Science and Technology Policy (Quarterly) http://www.nrisp.ac.ir/jstp/
- Rahyaft (Science Policy Quarterly) http://www.nrisp.ac.ir/rahyaft/
- Daneshgar (Scientific Journal-Monthly) http://www.nrisp.ac.ir/daneshgar/
- Science and Research Newsletter http://www.nrisp.ac.ir/newsletter/
Departments
NRISP consists of six departments:- Futures studies research department,
- Economy of science research department,
- Public understanding of science research department,
- ScientometricsScientometricsScientometrics is the science of measuring and analysing science. In practice, scientometrics is often done using bibliometrics which is a measurement of the impact of publications. Modern scientometrics is mostly based on the work of Derek J. de Solla Price and Eugene Garfield...
department, - Science and society research department, and
- Science policy research department.
See also
- Ali PayaAli PayaAli Paya is a contemporary Iranian philosopher and writer. He is a faculty member of the national research Institute for science policy in Iran and a Senior Research Associate and Visiting Professor at the Center for Study of Democracy, University of Westminster.He's written a number of books,...
- International rankings of Iran
- Science and technology in IranScience and technology in IranPersia was a cradle of science in earlier times. Persian scientists contributed to the current understanding of nature, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy. Persians made important contributions to algebra and chemistry, invented the wind-power machine, and the first distillation of alcohol...