In this paper, the current scientific research status of the main Iraqi universities is deeply
investigated. To this end, a Citation Network is generated among them. This kind of network
has the ability to reflect the actual scientific research status in Iraq. The approach that is used
in this study is based on complex network concepts. For the data collection, a special-
purpose program is designed to crawl the Google Scholar repository and retrieve all the
required data. This crawler is designed to collect information on the published research …

In the current technological era, scientific research is considered as one of the crucial factors
for developing human life. The main sources for producing scientific research are worldwide
universities, institutions, research centers, and scientific laboratories. Therefore, it is
important to evaluate the performance of these institutions in terms of research production
and quality. The main reason for this evaluation is to improve the performance of
researchers and eventually reflect this improvement in scientific research status. Moreover …