How does Iran rank in Neuroscience research?

Iran ranks #18 of 74 countries on research quality in Neuroscience (2022–2025), with 4.9k works.

Neuroscience research in Iran

Tehran University of Medical Sciences ranks first in Iran for Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 (#172 worldwide), followed by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

Iran's world rank: #18
Works, 2022–2025: 4.9k
Top-10% rate: 13.4%
Ranked institutions: 18

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Neuroscience in Iran?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Tehran University of Medical SciencesTehran	#172	27.1	12.3%	323
2	Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehran	#401	15.1	12.1%	230
3	Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTabriz	#465	13.0	16.9%	134
4	Shiraz University of Medical SciencesShiraz	#481	12.6	14.7%	129
5	Iran University of Medical SciencesTehran	#484	12.5	11.7%	207
6	Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhad	#513	11.6	16.8%	146
7	Kerman University of Medical SciencesKerman	#533	11.1	14.3%	81
8	University of TehranTehran	#727	6.7	13.0%	180
9	Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesKermanshah	#768	5.9	19.6%	61
10	Tarbiat Modares UniversityTehran	#797	5.4	16.2%	101
11	Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIsfahan	#895	3.8	6.9%	149
12	Hamedan University of Medical SciencesHamadan	#924	3.3	9.4%	80
13	University of TabrizTabriz	#976	2.5	21.8%	75
14	Amirkabir University of TechnologyTehran	#993	2.3	17.0%	73
15	Islamic Azad University, Science and Research BranchTehran	#1,019	1.9	12.3%	64
16	Sharif University of TechnologyTehran	#1,036	1.7	11.8%	75
17	Shahid Beheshti UniversityTehran	#1,051	149.0	13.3%	110
18	Iran University of Science and TechnologyTehran	#1,124	54.0	23.2%	63

Institutions in Iran above the floor of 40 fractional works in Neuroscience, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in Iran?

Nima Rezaei, Reza Rostami and Ali Motie Nasrabadi rank highest among researchers based in Iran.

1Nima Rezaei#120,506 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 19 works
2Reza Rostami#553,405 worldwide overall202 citations · 33 works
3Ali Motie Nasrabadi#605,955 worldwide overall93 citations · 19 works
4Reza Boostani#631,515 worldwide overall141 citations · 20 works
5Hamid Soltanian‐Zadeh#786,267 worldwide overall231 citations · 54 works
6Mahmoud Hosseini#798,588 worldwide overall160 citations · 30 works
7Arash Ahmadi#810,128 worldwide overall123 citations · 21 works
8Ali Rashidy‐Pour#818,185 worldwide overall88 citations · 22 works
9Ahmad Reza Dehpour#849,113 worldwide overall144 citations · 22 works
10Vahid Nejati#951,726 worldwide overall76 citations · 22 works
11Reza Khosrowabadi#977,811 worldwide overall66 citations · 20 works
12Mohammad‐Reza Zarrindast#1,006,337 worldwide overall94 citations · 40 works
13Abbas Haghparast#1,026,547 worldwide overall71 citations · 32 works
14Mohammad Reza Daliri#1,115,240 worldwide overall63 citations · 20 works
15Hedayat Sahraei#1,132,855 worldwide overall47 citations · 30 works

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