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Research in Bandar Abbas

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Bandar Abbas, Iran. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Hormozgan and Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.8k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
10.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Bandar Abbas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hormozgan University of Medical SciencesUniversity 2,104 #12,224
2University of HormozganUniversity 1,955 #8,131

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Bandar Abbas work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Bandar Abbas is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Environmental Science (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 584 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 486 fractional works · 30.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 39 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 497 fractional works · 30.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 143 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 136 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 48 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 300 fractional works · 18.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 127 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 115 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAquatic Science: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 234 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPsychology: 107 fractional works · 6.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 68 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBandar Abbas1,616fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine48630.1%
    2. Health Professions543.3%
    3. Dentistry211.3%
    4. Nursing211.3%
    5. Veterinary30.2%
    1. Environmental Science1438.9%
    2. Engineering1368.4%
    3. Materials Science523.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences483.0%
    5. Computer Science352.2%
    6. Chemistry291.8%
    7. Mathematics291.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy120.7%
    9. Energy90.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1277.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1157.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology281.7%
    4. Neuroscience201.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.7%
    1. Psychology1076.6%
    2. Social Sciences644.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting281.8%
    4. Decision Sciences150.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bandar Abbas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bandar Abbas is most concentrated in Clinical Psychology (4.2× the world share in Clinical Psychology).

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 64.6 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 107 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.98× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 116 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.79× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 450 worksMedicineNursing: 2.54× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 102 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.79×20 works
  2. Nursing2.54×18 works
  3. Psychology2.27×102 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.98×10 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.85×43 works
  6. Environmental Science1.75×128 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×25 works
  8. Medicine1.59×450 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.52×107 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.49×117 works
  11. Mathematics1.47×26 works
  12. Health Professions1.30×51 works
  13. Chemistry1.19×28 works
  14. Veterinary1.19×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.88×13 works
  16. Materials Science0.83×43 works
  17. Neuroscience0.75×18 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.72×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×27 works
  20. Energy0.55×8 works
  21. Engineering0.52×116 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×12 works
  23. Social Sciences0.33×61 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.30×10 works
  25. Computer Science0.28×32 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.16×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Bandar Abbas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Social Support, Quality of Life and Oxidative Stress.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology122▲ 1.89×123 topics
  2. Inflammation75▲ 2.2×78 topics
  3. Climate Change72▲ 1.63×65 topics
  4. Mental Health66▲ 2.9×36 topics
  5. Depression63▲ 4.5×22 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress61▲ 2.3×57 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease61▲ 3.3×38 topics
  8. Quality of Life58▲ 2.5×40 topics
  9. Pandemic50▲ 3.1×10 topics
  10. Cancer49▲ 2.3×54 topics
  11. COVID-1949▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome45▲ 3.5×23 topics
  13. Environmental Impact43▲ 1.56×38 topics
  14. Social Support43▲ 4.9×14 topics
  15. Self-Efficacy33▲ 7.8×8 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications32▲ 1.67×31 topics
  17. Obesity31▲ 2.5×23 topics
  18. Stress31▲ 5.2×8 topics
  19. Antioxidant30▲ 2.8×42 topics
  20. Toxicity30▲ 4.2×17 topics
  21. Health Effects29▲ 2.9×20 topics
  22. Immune Response29▲ 3.1×19 topics
  23. Anxiety28▲ 3.7×11 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-228▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Diabetes25▲ 3.0×22 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance24▲ 3.4×10 topics
  27. Psychological Distress24▲ 6.0×6 topics
  28. Psychological Impact23▲ 4.5×9 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor22▲ 6.2×3 topics
  30. Nursing21▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Elderly21▲ 5.4×4 topics
  32. Thrombosis21▲ 4.7×7 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers21▲ 5.4×5 topics
  34. Antimicrobial20▲ 4.4×10 topics
  35. Educational Achievement20▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Job Stress20▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Quarantine17▲ 7.0×1 topic
  38. Clinical Characteristics15▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment15▲ 9.1×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm15▲ 9.1×1 topic

What research is done in Bandar Abbas?

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 20 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 17 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 15 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 9 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 7 works
  7. 7 Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management Plant Science 7 works
  8. 8 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 6 works
  9. 9 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 6 works
  10. 10 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Bandar Abbas14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2024.

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