Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced that the Iraqi universities and colleges achieved an increasing in the international publications with more than 100,000 scientific researches in Scopus and Clarivate scientific websites.

Higher Education reviewed that Iraqi public and private academic institutions have strengthened their score in the international publication, as the Iraqi scientific publication index in the scientific websites was increased to one hundred and six thousand five hundred and seventy-nine researches were distributed among Scopus and Clarivate scientific websites (Web of Science).

Higher Education added that seventy-nine public and private universities and colleges participated in this achievement, while these data topped the hierarchy of public institutions: Universities of Baghdad, Al-Mustansiriyah, Babylon, Technology, Basrah, Mosul and Kufa and the hierarchy of private university institutions: Al-Mustaqbal University College, Al-Rafidain University College, the Islamic University of Najaf, Al-Esraa University College, Al-Mansour University College and Al-Kafeel University. It is worth mentioning that the portal specialized in scientific journals and indicators for ranking of countries: Scimago Journal & Country Rank