Donor Weights for Iran's Scientific Development Counterfactual Model, 1960–2024

Ehsan Roohi's dataset provides donor weights used in a Synthetic Control Method (SCM) analysis of Iran's scientific trajectory from 1960 to 2024. The 5.5 KB Excel file supports a study examining the long-term impact of the 1979 Iranian Revolution on publication volume and citation impact. The analysis combines longitudinal scientometric data with counterfactual modeling to assess a structural break and persistent quality gap.

Use Cases

• Constructing counterfactual benchmarks for national scientific development based on donor weights.
• Analyzing the long-run opportunity cost of political disruption on research compounding capacity.
• Modeling the quantity-quality paradox in scientific output using SCM specifications.
• Interpreting scientific catch-up through lenses like the Middle-Income Trap and Rentier State.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Analysis covers a long temporal range from 1960 to 2024.
• Methodology combines longitudinal scientometric analysis with two complementary counterfactual strategies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 5.5 KB size indicates a very limited scope, likely containing only model parameters.

Provenance

Source

Ehsan Roohi via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely derived from publication and citation data for counterfactual modeling.

Time Range

1960–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 17:41:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iran, with comparator systems.