Scientometric division of the Research and Technology Office deals with the following affairs:

• Quantitative study
• Historical and sociological studies
• Planning and policymaking for  scientific activities
• Recognition and designing the patterns of scientific communications
• Determining the degree of cooperation among the authors of various fields
• Elucidating the structure of scientific activities in general, designating the structure of specific topics and fields, displaying the scientific structure of particular fields, designing country's scientific map.
• Evaluation of Science and Technology targeting towards indicators and measurement scales for science and technology development.
• Interdisciplinary relations: To clarify the nature of relationship among different branches of knowledge
• Evaluation and ranking of publications, evaluation and measurement of published works of authors, organizations, universities, and countries.
• Determining the quota of the country, university or organization in science production in national and international arenas
• Practical assessment of the activities of the faculty members
• Providing the scientific development report of the country
• Tracing the rate of knowledge production and distribution
• Investigation of  indirect methods in production, acquisition and distribution of scientific information
• Measuring the impact and the rank of publications based on their importance
• Tracking the spread of scientific thoughts and  patterns of publications
• Quantitative analysis of the production, distribution and utilization of published texts
• Identifying core journals, introducing top authors and widely- used articles