Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
City · Iran

Research in Mashhad

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Mashhad, Iran. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Tabaran Institute of Higher Education and Imam Reza International University.

Research institutions
11
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
688k
14.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Mashhad

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 Mashhad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ferdowsi University of MashhadUniversity 22,922 #3,833
2Mashhad University of Medical SciencesUniversity 17,547 #13,161
3Ghaem HospitalHospital / health system 1,011 #15,409
4Tabaran Institute of Higher EducationUniversity 892 #6,162
5Imam Reza International UniversityUniversity 632 #11,387
6Sadjad University of TechnologyUniversity 456 #14,527
7Emam Reza HospitalHospital / health system 446 #18,379
8Khayyam UniversityUniversity 234 #15,525
9Razavi University of Islamic SciencesUniversity 70 not ranked
10Shahid Kamyab HospitalHospital / health system 57 not ranked
11Shahid Beheshti Teacher Training CollegeUniversity 6 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad: 51.8%Mashhad University of Medical Sciences: 39.6%Ghaem Hospital: 2.3%Tabaran Institute of Higher Education: 2.0%7 others listed: 4.3%52%largest
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad23k · 51.8%Mashhad University of Medical Sciences18k · 39.6%Ghaem Hospital1,011 · 2.3%Tabaran Institute of Higher Education892 · 2.0%7 others listed1,901 · 4.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Mashhad work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Mashhad is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4,213 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMedicine: 3,500 fractional works · 28.2% of its workSurgery: 426 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 234 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 234 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 214 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 212 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 158 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 151 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 143 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 127 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 113 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 304 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 223 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 145 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4,122 fractional works · 33.2% of its workEngineering: 1,614 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 332 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 283 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 213 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 195 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 111 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 617 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 223 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 536 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 268 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomaterials: 168 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 475 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 270 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 138 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 190 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 138 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 129 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 99 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2,546 fractional works · 20.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,090 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 608 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 852 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 357 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 236 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 282 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 104 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 205 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 122 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 117 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,523 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 472 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 164 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 420 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 208 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 244 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 149 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 126 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKMashhad12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences12%

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. Health Sciences4,21334.0%
    1. Medicine3,50028.2%
    2. Health Professions3042.5%
    3. Dentistry2231.8%
    4. Nursing1451.2%
    5. Veterinary400.3%
    1. Engineering1,61413.0%
    2. Computer Science6175.0%
    3. Materials Science5364.3%
    4. Environmental Science4753.8%
    5. Chemistry2702.2%
    6. Mathematics1901.5%
    7. Energy1381.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy1361.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences990.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering480.4%
  3. Life Sciences2,54620.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,0908.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8526.9%
    3. Neuroscience2822.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2051.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1170.9%
  4. Social Sciences1,52312.3%
    1. Social Sciences4723.8%
    2. Psychology4203.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2442.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1491.2%
    5. Decision Sciences1261.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities1120.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mashhad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mashhad is most concentrated in Molecular Medicine, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery (4.7× the world share in Molecular Medicine).

  1. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 57.5 works4.7×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 55.8 works4.4×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 88.7 works4.1×
  4. DentistryField · 198.6 works3.6×
  5. BiomaterialsSubfield · 154.0 works3.2×
  6. BiochemistrySubfield · 41.5 works3.0×
← 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: 1.44× its world share, 774 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 995 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 184 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 260 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.67× its world share, 106 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 45 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 255 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 562 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 125 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 1,497 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 428 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 496 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 171 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 127 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.62× its world share, 199 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 279 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 3,145 worksMedicineNursing: 2.42× its world share, 134 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.20× its world share, 34 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 101 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 225 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 118 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 140 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 391 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 430 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.62×199 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.67×106 works
  3. Nursing2.42×134 works
  4. Veterinary2.20×34 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.65×995 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.62×184 works
  7. Medicine1.45×3,145 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.44×774 works
  9. Chemistry1.44×255 works
  10. Neuroscience1.41×260 works
  11. Mathematics1.28×171 works
  12. Materials Science1.26×496 works
  13. Energy1.20×125 works
  14. Chemical Engineering1.14×45 works
  15. Psychology1.13×391 works
  16. Decision Sciences1.08×118 works
  17. Health Professions0.94×279 works
  18. Engineering0.88×1,497 works
  19. Environmental Science0.76×428 works
  20. Computer Science0.64×562 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×225 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×140 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×90 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.51×127 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.31×101 works
  26. Social Sciences0.30×430 works

Which keywords describe research in Mashhad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Nanoparticles, Oxidative Stress, Biomedical Applications and Anti-inflammatory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology738▲ 1.49×136 topics
  2. Inflammation567▲ 2.1×83 topics
  3. Cancer455▲ 2.7×58 topics
  4. Nanoparticles441▲ 2.8×43 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress433▲ 2.1×63 topics
  6. Antioxidant394▲ 4.6×50 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications330▲ 2.2×35 topics
  8. Quality of Life304▲ 1.70×57 topics
  9. Depression261▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease242▲ 1.71×39 topics
  11. Drug Delivery221▲ 3.3×16 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity211▲ 2.7×32 topics
  13. Treatment210▲ 1.39×52 topics
  14. Nanomaterials209▲ 1.61×20 topics
  15. Mental Health208▲ 1.17×40 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory198▲ 5.6×28 topics
  17. Clinical Trials191▲ 2.3×19 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy188▲ 2.7×20 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome187▲ 1.86×23 topics
  20. Diagnosis180▲ 1.56×41 topics
  21. Toxicity171▲ 3.2×20 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering164▲ 2.2×13 topics
  23. Antioxidants164▲ 3.0×17 topics
  24. Obesity162▲ 1.69×28 topics
  25. Biomarkers156▲ 1.80×18 topics
  26. Metabolism154▲ 2.4×31 topics
  27. Diabetes142▲ 2.3×22 topics
  28. Medicinal Plants135▲ 2.8×18 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species134▲ 2.6×14 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics132▲ 4.0×13 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance130▲ 2.3×10 topics
  32. Neuroprotection124▲ 2.8×17 topics
  33. Flavonoids122▲ 3.9×12 topics
  34. Stress122▲ 2.7×11 topics
  35. Cancer Prevention117▲ 3.6×10 topics
  36. Tumor Targeting114▲ 5.0×3 topics
  37. Neuroprotective113▲ 5.9×12 topics
  38. Antimicrobial111▲ 3.2×14 topics
  39. Bioavailability107▲ 4.4×6 topics
  40. Phenolic Compounds97▲ 4.2×9 topics

What research is done in Mashhad?

Nanoparticle-Based Drug …59Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 59 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …57Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 57 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 54 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 43 fractional worksCurcumin's Biomedical Applications: 40 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 38 fractional worksSaffron Plant Research Studies: 38 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…38Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 38 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 37 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 37 fractional works
BiomaterialsMolecular BiologyClinical PsychologyCancer Research5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 59 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 57 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 54 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 43 works
  5. 5 Curcumin's Biomedical Applications Molecular Medicine 40 works
  6. 6 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 38 works
  7. 7 Saffron Plant Research Studies Oncology 38 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 38 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 37 works
  10. 10 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 37 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%Mashhad16.7% 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 19.0% in 2023.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Mashhad. Posts are plain text and can be reported.