Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 47 7 2018 07 16 936 943 Niloofar PEYKARI Iranian Non Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Hassan HASHEMI Iranian Non Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Gholamreza ASGHARI Food and Drug Organization, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Mohammadhadi AYAZI Social Health Deputy, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Ghasem JANBABAEI Curative Affairs Deputy, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Reza MALEKZADEH Research and Technology Deputy, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Alireza RAEISI Public Health Deputy, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Ali SADROLSADAT Development Deputy, Management, and Resources, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Mohsen ASADI-LARI International Affairs, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Aliasghar FARSHAD Occupational Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farshad FARZADFAR Non Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mostafa GHANEI Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Akbar HAGHDOOST Planning and Coordination Deputy, INCDC, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Ramin HESHMAT Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hamidreza JAMSHIDI Dept. of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Afshin OSTOVAR Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Amirhossein TAKIAN Health Equity Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Bagher LARIJANI Iranian Non Communicable Diseases Committee (INCDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 2018 07 16 2018 07 16 Background: Non-Communicable disease (NCDs) is a killer of people that needs to urgent actions across the world. Scientific evidence is the critical arm for effective interventions. Therefore, we aimed to quantify the trend of four main NCDs’ scientific publication in a 17-yr period, and reflect international collaboration. Methods: This scientometric study on four main NCDs; cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases were carried out through the narrative review in international databases of Scopus from 2000 to 2016. In this way, the number of articles, citations, and international collaboration were assessed, and the frequently used terms on non-communicable diseases were mapped by VOSviewer software. Results: Over the 17 years, 25827 articles about four main NCDs by Iran indexed in Scopus have increasing trend steadily. However, chronic obstructive respiratory publications have slow trend. The number of articles, citations, and h index of cancer-related publications was higher than the others. Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory diseases scientometrics indicators state in next positions, respectively. The most collaborative country was USA in the four areas, and there was not seen region countries’ collaboration in top ten levels. The frequently used terms in NCDs’ articles in order were diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and breast cancer. Conclusion: Iran provides appropriate face of cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases publications in the mirror of NCDs’ scientometry. However, there is need for more effort in chronic respiratory diseases researches, and strengthen collaboration with regional countries.   https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/14034 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/14034/6033