Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) (Persian: مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رسانی علوم و فناوری) is an Iranian governmental organisation established to promote the production and distribution of scientific information in Iran and Islamic countries, providing reference, study and bibliographical information and related services.
It also undertakes scientometrics based on its databases of scientific products of Iran and Islamic countries.
It is also known as the Shiraz Regional Library of Sciences and Technology (SRLST) Before the Internet was established in Iran, RICeST fulfilled its objectives by setting up a Bulletin Board Service to allow electronic access to the information sources it was collating.
As of 2008[update], the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology provides RICeST annually with about one million dollars to purchase scientific journals.
RICeST allocated about one million and 600 thousand dollars each year to purchase journals in languages other than Persian.