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Afagh Higher Education Institute

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Research works
47
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
36.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Afagh Higher Education Institute

Not ranked overall: Afagh Higher Education Institute is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Afagh Higher Education Institute work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Afagh Higher Education Institute is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Computer Science (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 53.1% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 17.9% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 16.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 12.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 24.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 9.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKAfagh HigherEducation…47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences11%

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

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science817.9%
    2. Computer Science816.9%
    3. Engineering612.3%
    4. Environmental Science12.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Mathematics01.1%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences817.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine59.7%
    2. Nursing11.6%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance35.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.8%
    5. Social Sciences00.7%
    6. Psychology00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5.93× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.93×5 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.30×2 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.44×2 works
  4. Nursing1.93×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.79×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.16×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.98×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×0 works
  10. Medicine0.66×2 works
  11. Engineering0.65×2 works
  12. Psychology0.46×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.24×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Afagh Higher Education Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Saeid Barshandeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Afagh Higher Education Institute.

  1. 1 Saeid Barshandeh Iran · #392,034 worldwide 1.2k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Afagh Higher Education Institute

What are the most cited papers from Afagh Higher Education Institute?

The most cited paper from Afagh Higher Education Institute is "Puma optimizer (PO): a novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm and its application in machine learning" (Benyamın Abdollahzadeh, Nima Khodadadi, Saeid Barshandeh et al., 2024), with 477 citations. Next come "Development of a colorimetric pH indicator based on bacterial cellulose nanofibers and red cabbage ( Brassica oleraceae ) extract" (453) and "Hydrocolloids: Structure, preparation method, and application in food industry" (244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Puma optimizer (PO): a novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm and its application in machine learning Benyamın Abdollahzadeh, Nima Khodadadi, Saeid Barshandeh et al. · Cluster Computing 19 Jan 2024 477
2 Development of a colorimetric pH indicator based on bacterial cellulose nanofibers and red cabbage ( Brassica oleraceae ) extract Simin Pourjavaher, Hadi Almasi, Saeed Meshkini et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers 12 Sep 2016 453
3 Hydrocolloids: Structure, preparation method, and application in food industry Sajad Pirsa, Kosar Hafezi · Food Chemistry 18 Aug 2022 244
4 A survey and taxonomy of the fuzzy signature-based Intrusion Detection Systems Mohammad Masdari, Hemn Khezri · Applied Soft Computing 15 Apr 2020 192
5 Value-added utilization of fruit and vegetable processing by-products for the manufacture of biodegradable food packaging films Iraj Karimi Sani, Mahdieh Masoudpour-Behabadi, Mahmood Alizadeh Sani et al. · Food Chemistry 16 Nov 2022 174
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Afagh Higher Education Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Tissue Engineering, Biodegradable Polymers, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Chitin and Chitosan.

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

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Biomedical Applications8▲ 17×8 topics
  2. Nanocomposites7▲ 20×5 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering6▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Biodegradable Polymers5▲ 81×2 topics
  5. Antimicrobial5▲ 38×4 topics
  6. Antioxidant5▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Chitin4▲ 225×1 topic
  8. Chitosan4▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Deep Learning3▲ 3.1×13 topics
  10. Evolutionary Algorithms2▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Particle Swarm Optimization2▲ 42×3 topics
  12. Nanofibers2▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  14. Machine Learning2▲ 1.69×9 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  16. Monetary Policy2▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Conducting Polymers1▲ 20×1 topic
  18. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.3×3 topics
  19. Polyaniline1▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Ant Colony Optimization1▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Differential Evolution1▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Firefly Algorithm1▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Health Benefits1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  24. Climate Change1◆ 0.99×4 topics
  25. Economic Policy Uncertainty1▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Hydrocolloids1▲ 40×2 topics
  27. IoT Security1▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Oil Price Shocks1▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Polyhydroxyalkanoates1▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Polylactic Acid1▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Stock Market1▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Genetic Algorithm1▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Molecular Structure1▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Nanomaterials1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  35. Rheological Properties1▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. Biosensors1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  38. Eutrophication1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Sustainability1▲ 1.20×3 topics
  40. Water Quality1▲ 5.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Afagh Higher Education Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Market Dynamics and Volatility, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging.

Market Dynamics and Vola…1Market Dynamics and Volatility: 1 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…1Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksNanocomposite Films for …1Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 0 fractional worksPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls: 0 fractional worksPolysaccharides Composit…0Polysaccharides Composition and Applications: 0 fractional worksNematode management and characterization studies: 0 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 0 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsMolecular BiologyMolecular MedicineBiomaterials5 others

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

  1. 1 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging Biomaterials 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Polysaccharides Composition and Applications Food Science 0 works
  8. 8 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Afagh Higher Education Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Afagh Higher Education Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000046% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Afagh Higher Education Institute0.00013% in 20252020

Fractional works of Afagh Higher Education Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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