en Medical Education Medical Education Original Research Original Research <p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><strong>&nbsp; Background: </strong>Forecasting is the process of predicting future behavior. In reviewing databases, no predicted value associated with international collaboration publications in Iran was found. Thus, the present study aimed at forecasting Iran&rsquo;s international collaborative articles in medical sciences.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Methods:</strong> The number of Iran&rsquo;s articles and international collaborative articles in medical sciences written over 56 years was extracted from SCOPUS. Data were extracted from 1960 up to 2016. The time series method was used for forecasting using the Minitab software Version 17.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Results:</strong> There was no increase in the number of medical articles from Iran from 1960 to 2001. However, the data showed incremental growth between 2001 and 2016. This was similar to Iran&rsquo;s medical sciences international collaboration articles. In 2016, the percentage of Iran&rsquo;s international collaboration articles was 15.2, which is expected to reach 19.9 in 2025.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Conclusion:</strong> An investigation was performed on the number of international collaboration articles in the field of medical sciences in Iran. Future trends show an incremental growth. The number of Iran&rsquo;s articles can be increased with international cooperation. However, an increase or decrease in Iran&rsquo;s articles without international cooperation has to be investigated.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> Forecasting, International cooperation, Interrupted time series analysis, Medicine, Iran 511 516 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3354-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Habibolah Rezaei rezaie.habib@edc.mui.ac.ir 200319475328460062489 200319475328460062489 Yes Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, & 2. Cellular & Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran Alireza Yousefi aryousefy@edc.mui.ac.ir 200319475328460062490 200319475328460062490 No Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Bagher Larijani larijani@tums.ac.ir 200319475328460062491 200319475328460062491 No Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Reza Dehnavieh rdehnavi@kmu.ac.ir 200319475328460062492 200319475328460062492 No Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Nima Rezaei rezaei_nima@yahoo.com 200319475328460062493 200319475328460062493 No Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Molecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Maryam Kazemi Maryam_kazemi_ui88@yahoo.com 200319475328460062494 200319475328460062494 No Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Peyman Adibi adibi@med.mui.ac.ir 200319475328460062495 200319475328460062495 No Integrative Functional Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran