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Allameh Tabataba'i University

In research, Allameh Tabataba'i University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,347 of 9,585 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#861 of 2,581 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,516 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation, Language and Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (Transportation is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,708
of 22,385 · #7,420 all time
Rank in Iran
#10
of 208
Research works
5.7k
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Allameh Tabataba'i University

What is Allameh Tabataba'i University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,347 of 9,585 7.3%970 #4105
Business, Management and AccountingField #861 of 2,581 8.7%137 #1429
Physical SciencesDomain #4,516 of 10,670 8.3%207 #6862
Arts and HumanitiesField #805 of 1,896 13.6%102 #2058
Social SciencesField #2,721 of 5,988 5.7%406 #3865
Health SciencesDomain #5,040 of 9,902 7.6%149 #10983
EducationSubfield #1,148 of 1,930 14.2%87 #1879
MedicineField #5,342 of 8,541 6.5%103 #10642
Computer ScienceField #2,798 of 4,417 10.9%74 #3784
PsychologyField #1,519 of 2,121 5.3%200 #2333

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allameh Tabataba'i University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,105 #2,347
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#1,429 #861
  3. Physical Sciences#6,862 #4,516
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,058 #805
  5. Social Sciences#3,865 #2,721
  6. Health Sciences#10,983 #5,040
  7. Education#1,879 #1,148
  8. Medicine#10,642 #5,342
  9. Computer Science#3,784 #2,798
  10. Psychology#2,333 #1,519
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Allameh Tabataba'i University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Allameh Tabataba'i University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Psychology (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,051 fractional works · 71.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 436 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 143 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 93 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 4.1% of its workTransportation: 49 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 221 fractional works · 15.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 89 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 57 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 38 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 146 fractional works · 9.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 113 fractional works · 7.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 42 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 85 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 53 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 50 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 221 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEngineering: 90 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 46 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 81 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 164 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 115 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAllamehTabataba'i…1,476fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences71%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,05171.2%
    1. Social Sciences43629.5%
    2. Psychology22115.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1469.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities1137.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance855.8%
    6. Decision Sciences503.4%
    1. Engineering906.1%
    2. Computer Science815.5%
    3. Environmental Science191.3%
    4. Mathematics181.2%
    5. Energy70.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Materials Science10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1157.8%
    2. Health Professions483.2%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience221.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology90.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Allameh Tabataba'i University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 48.7 works9.9×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 42.0 works6.5×
  3. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 88.7 works5.8×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 37.8 works5.6×
  5. PsychologyField · 220.9 works4.9×
  6. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 28.8 works4.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.65× its world share, 113 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.07× its world share, 146 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.70× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.91× its world share, 221 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 436 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.91×221 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.49×50 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.07×146 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.70×85 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.65×113 works
  6. Social Sciences2.33×436 works
  7. Health Professions1.23×48 works
  8. Mathematics1.02×18 works
  9. Neuroscience0.94×22 works
  10. Computer Science0.71×81 works
  11. Energy0.53×7 works
  12. Engineering0.41×90 works
  13. Medicine0.40×114 works
  14. Nursing0.27×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.25×18 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×9 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×7 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.07×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Allameh Tabataba'i University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri and Farhad Ghiasvand lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allameh Tabataba'i University.

  1. 1 Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee Iran · #25,977 worldwide 7.7k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri Iran · #48,723 worldwide 2.3k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Farhad Ghiasvand Iran · #162,953 worldwide 976 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Maghsoud Amiri Iran · #184,665 worldwide 7.4k citations · 284 works
  5. 5 Zia Tajeddin Iran · #409,923 worldwide 1.3k citations · 163 works
  6. 6 Ahmad Jafarian Iran · #416,804 worldwide 3.9k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Goudarz Alibakhshi Iran · #648,627 worldwide 592 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Kiyana Zhaleh Iran · #651,474 worldwide 618 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mahsa Farahanynia Iran · #974,192 worldwide 137 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Akram Shaabani Iran · #1,046,129 worldwide 438 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Allameh Tabataba'i University

What are the most cited papers from Allameh Tabataba'i University?

The most cited paper from Allameh Tabataba'i University is "Multi-Criteria Inventory Classification Using a New Method of Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS)" (Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Laya Olfat et al., 2015), with 1,361 citations. Next come "A fuzzy multi criteria approach for measuring sustainability performance of a supplier based on triple bottom line approach" (1,040) and "Determination of Objective Weights Using a New Method Based on the Removal Effects of Criteria (MEREC)" (783).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multi-Criteria Inventory Classification Using a New Method of Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (EDAS) Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Laya Olfat et al. · Informatica Open access 2015 1,361
2 A fuzzy multi criteria approach for measuring sustainability performance of a supplier based on triple bottom line approach Kannan Govindan, Roohollah Khodaverdi, Ahmad Jafarian · Journal of Cleaner Production 9 May 2012 1,040
3 Determination of Objective Weights Using a New Method Based on the Removal Effects of Criteria (MEREC) Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Maghsoud Amiri, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas et al. · Symmetry Open access 24 Mar 2021 783
4 Investigating users’ perspectives on e-learning: An integration of TAM and IS success model Hossein Mohammadi · Computers in Human Behavior 12 Jan 2015 781
5 The correlation of social support with mental health: A meta-analysis Tayebeh Fasihi Harandi, Maryam Mohammad Taghinasab, T. Dehghan nayeri · Electronic physician ReviewOpen access 22 Sep 2017 751
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Allameh Tabataba'i University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Culture, Ethnicity, Literature, Philosophy, Social Support, Islam and Science.

▲ 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 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. Mental Health99▲ 4.7×35 topics
  2. Education63▲ 2.5×50 topics
  3. Culture62▲ 8.1×10 topics
  4. Literature60▲ 7.5×18 topics
  5. Ethnicity59▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Social Support58▲ 7.3×15 topics
  7. History58▲ 5.7×15 topics
  8. Philosophy58▲ 8.8×13 topics
  9. Globalization56▲ 1.92×60 topics
  10. Islam53▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Science51▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Social Influence50▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Sharia Law50▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Malay Language50▲ 24×1 topic
  15. Legal Regulation49▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Depression48▲ 3.7×15 topics
  17. Economic Security47▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Strategic Planning46▲ 21×2 topics
  19. International Trade Law45▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Modernization45▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Public Oversight45▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Transport Policy45▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Air Force45▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Warfare45▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Stress42▲ 7.7×8 topics
  26. Economic Growth39▲ 3.3×21 topics
  27. Risk Management38▲ 5.5×12 topics
  28. Self-Efficacy38▲ 9.8×10 topics
  29. Supply Chain Management37▲ 2.8×21 topics
  30. Well-being34▲ 5.8×13 topics
  31. Language Teaching29▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Resilience29▲ 4.0×11 topics
  33. Emotion Regulation28▲ 6.1×9 topics
  34. Coping Strategies27▲ 7.2×8 topics
  35. Feminism25▲ 5.7×8 topics
  36. Middle East24▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Secularism23▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Second Language Acquisition21▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Hermeneutics21▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Empire21▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Allameh Tabataba'i University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…50Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 50 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 45 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 45 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 20 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 20 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…18Health and Well-being Studies: 18 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 11 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 50 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 45 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 45 works
  4. 4 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 20 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 18 works
  7. 7 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 11 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  10. 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allameh Tabataba'i University's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Allameh Tabataba'i University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Allameh Tabataba'i University0.0062% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Allameh Tabataba'i University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Allameh Tabataba'i University9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2009.

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