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Research in Urmia

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Urmia, Iran. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Urmia University and Urmia University of Technology.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
226k
14.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Urmia

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 Urmia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Urmia UniversityUniversity 12,728 #5,727
2Urmia University of TechnologyUniversity 1,676 #8,938
3Afagh Higher Education InstituteUniversity 47 not ranked
4University College of AzarabadeganUniversity 46 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.

Urmia University: 87.8%Urmia University of Technology: 11.6%Afagh Higher Education Institute: 0.3%University College of Azarabadegan: 0.3%88%largest
Urmia University13k · 87.8%Urmia University of Technology1,676 · 11.6%Afagh Higher Education Institute47 · 0.3%University College of Azarabadegan46 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Urmia work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Urmia is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Medicine (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,128 fractional works · 46.7% of its workEngineering: 875 fractional works · 19.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 237 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 144 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 124 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 93 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 299 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 141 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 245 fractional works · 5.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 231 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 97 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 158 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 107 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 101 fractional works · 2.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 90 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,008 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 813 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSurgery: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 107 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 853 fractional works · 18.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 424 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPlant Science: 182 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 265 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 145 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 81 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 567 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPsychology: 171 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 167 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUrmia4,555fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences22%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. Engineering87519.2%
    2. Materials Science2996.6%
    3. Environmental Science2455.4%
    4. Computer Science2315.1%
    5. Chemistry1583.5%
    6. Mathematics1012.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy902.0%
    8. Energy621.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences400.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.6%
  2. Health Sciences1,00822.1%
    1. Medicine81317.8%
    2. Health Professions1072.3%
    3. Nursing451.0%
    4. Veterinary220.5%
    5. Dentistry210.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4249.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2655.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology811.8%
    4. Neuroscience571.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.6%
    1. Psychology1713.8%
    2. Social Sciences1673.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting671.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities661.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance531.2%
    6. Decision Sciences430.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Urmia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Urmia is most concentrated in Parasitology and Biomaterials (6.1× the world share in Parasitology).

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 26.4 works6.1×
  2. BiomaterialsSubfield · 69.4 works4.0×
← 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: 1.92× its world share, 374 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 231 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.65× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.31× its world share, 149 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 208 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 802 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 220 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.86× its world share, 267 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.95× its world share, 94 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 83 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 723 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.25× its world share, 18 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 61 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 160 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.25×18 works
  2. Chemistry2.31×149 works
  3. Nursing2.02×41 works
  4. Mathematics1.95×94 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.92×374 works
  6. Materials Science1.86×267 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.73×71 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.65×24 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.64×24 works
  10. Energy1.46×55 works
  11. Engineering1.30×802 works
  12. Psychology1.28×160 works
  13. Environmental Science1.08×220 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×231 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.98×39 works
  16. Dentistry0.93×18 works
  17. Medicine0.92×723 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.91×83 works
  19. Health Professions0.88×95 works
  20. Neuroscience0.77×51 works
  21. Computer Science0.65×208 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×37 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×48 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.51×61 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×60 works
  26. Social Sciences0.30×154 works

Which keywords describe research in Urmia?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology198◆ 1.09×126 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications156▲ 2.9×33 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress146▲ 1.95×62 topics
  4. Inflammation140▲ 1.45×83 topics
  5. Machine Learning134◆ 0.88×76 topics
  6. Antioxidant116▲ 3.7×48 topics
  7. Nanoparticles115▲ 2.0×41 topics
  8. Nanocomposites114▲ 3.2×21 topics
  9. Climate Change114◆ 0.92×80 topics
  10. Cancer107▲ 1.74×57 topics
  11. Nanomaterials103▲ 2.2×19 topics
  12. Tissue Engineering90▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Depression88▲ 2.2×25 topics
  14. Renewable Energy88▲ 1.33×43 topics
  15. Quality of Life87▲ 1.32×47 topics
  16. Environmental Impact87◆ 1.12×50 topics
  17. Mental Health86▲ 1.32×38 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency74▲ 1.75×31 topics
  19. Catalysis74▲ 2.4×26 topics
  20. Drug Delivery73▲ 2.9×16 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity71▲ 2.5×31 topics
  22. Graphene69▲ 2.2×11 topics
  23. Antimicrobial59▲ 4.6×14 topics
  24. Antioxidants59▲ 2.9×17 topics
  25. Toxicity56▲ 2.8×20 topics
  26. Social Support54▲ 2.2×15 topics
  27. Heat Transfer53▲ 2.4×19 topics
  28. Stress50▲ 3.0×9 topics
  29. Green Synthesis50▲ 5.8×5 topics
  30. Self-Efficacy49▲ 4.1×10 topics
  31. Biomaterials47▲ 4.3×7 topics
  32. Biodegradable Polymers44▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Drug Discovery44▲ 4.3×11 topics
  34. Green Chemistry42▲ 5.2×10 topics
  35. Organic Synthesis37▲ 6.8×9 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Activity35▲ 4.8×9 topics
  37. Chitosan31▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Chitin28▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Educational Achievement28▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Job Stress28▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Urmia?

Health and Well-being St…27Health and Well-being Studies: 27 fractional worksNanocomposite Films for …25Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging: 25 fractional worksMulticomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 22 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 21 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 18 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 18 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 16 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…16Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 16 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 15 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 15 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyBiomaterialsOrganic ChemistryAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 27 works
  2. 2 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 25 works
  3. 3 Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 22 works
  4. 4 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  5. 5 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 18 works
  6. 6 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 18 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 16 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 16 works
  9. 9 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 15 works
  10. 10 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 15 works

Research output over time

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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%Urmia18.0% 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 20.0% in 2016.

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