Quantity of documents published by three top ranked countries in Middle East through 2005–2014
| Year | Iran | Turkey | Saudi Arabia |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| 2010 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| 2011 | 28 | 17 | 13 |
| 2012 | 55 | 23 | 14 |
| 2013 | 85 | 24 | 17 |
| 2014 | 92 | 29 | 29 |
| Total | 300 | 159 | 101 |