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Birjand University of Medical Sciences

In research, Birjand University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,738 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,034 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,652 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,166
of 28,054 · #8,140 all time
Rank in Iran
#109
of 301
Research works
3k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Birjand University of Medical Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,738 of 11,982 11.3%551 #2352
MedicineField #3,034 of 10,443 11.0%437 #4623
Life SciencesDomain #3,652 of 7,800 17.0%177 #5634
Physical SciencesDomain #7,014 of 12,888 16.1%120 #11306
Social SciencesDomain #6,613 of 10,521 13.6%112 #10622
PsychologyField #1,749 of 2,181 11.5%62 #3212
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,077 of 3,579 17.9%88 #5710

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Birjand University of Medical Sciences 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,352 #1,738
  2. Medicine#4,623 #3,034
  3. Life Sciences#5,634 #3,652
  4. Physical Sciences#11,306 #7,014
  5. Social Sciences#10,622 #6,613
  6. Psychology#3,212 #1,749
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,710 #3,077
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Birjand University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 33.4 works7.2×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.31× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.18× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 437 worksMedicineNursing: 4.67× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Birjand University of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Morteza Arab‐Zozani, Seyed Mohammad Riahi and Mohammad Reza Miri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Birjand University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Morteza Arab‐Zozani Iran · #18,165 worldwide 610 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Seyed Mohammad Riahi Iran · #76,343 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Reza Miri Iran · #255,110 worldwide 112 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Hamid Salehiniya Iran · #390,677 worldwide 75 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Bita Bijari Iran · #468,695 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Fereidouni Iran · #552,664 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sobhan Mortazavi‐Derazkola Iran · #572,958 worldwide 163 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Omid Mehrpour Iran · #574,610 worldwide 97 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Tahereh Farkhondeh Iran · #806,889 worldwide 78 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Mahyar Mohammadifard Iran · #814,483 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Birjand University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Birjand University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Depression, Antioxidant, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress and Mental Health.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology95▲ 2.5×118 topics
  2. Inflammation78▲ 3.9×79 topics
  3. Cancer60▲ 4.7×53 topics
  4. Quality of Life50▲ 3.6×43 topics
  5. Depression49▲ 5.8×21 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress46▲ 2.9×59 topics
  7. Antioxidant42▲ 6.3×47 topics
  8. Mental Health41▲ 2.9×26 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 3.5×38 topics
  10. COVID-1935▲ 2.6×23 topics
  11. Pandemic31▲ 3.0×10 topics
  12. Treatment30▲ 2.6×45 topics
  13. Social Support28▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Nanoparticles27▲ 2.3×18 topics
  15. Risk Factors27▲ 2.6×33 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 3.4×22 topics
  17. Anxiety26▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Nanomaterials26▲ 2.5×11 topics
  19. Toxicity25▲ 6.0×19 topics
  20. Anti-inflammatory24▲ 9.1×26 topics
  21. Clinical Trials24▲ 3.7×16 topics
  22. Diagnosis24▲ 2.6×33 topics
  23. Self-Efficacy24▲ 9.2×6 topics
  24. Immune Response22▲ 4.1×21 topics
  25. Stress22▲ 6.1×10 topics
  26. Diabetes21▲ 4.5×21 topics
  27. Antioxidant Activity19▲ 3.2×27 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-216▲ 5.3×6 topics
  29. Green Synthesis16▲ 8.8×4 topics
  30. Elderly16▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Pathophysiology16▲ 5.5×9 topics
  32. Psychological Impact16▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Nursing15▲ 8.4×4 topics
  34. Psychological Distress15▲ 6.1×6 topics
  35. Wound Healing15▲ 5.9×10 topics
  36. Neuroprotective14▲ 9.8×12 topics
  37. Educational Achievement14▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Flavonoids14▲ 5.6×10 topics
  39. Job Stress14▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Therapeutic12▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Birjand University of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Health and Well-being Studies: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…10Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…8COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 7 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 6 fractional worksNanomaterials for cataly…6Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 6 fractional worksCurcumin's Biomedical Applications: 6 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…5Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 5 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyMaterials ChemistryInfectious DiseasesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 14 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 10 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  6. 6 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 6 works
  7. 7 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 6 works
  8. 8 Curcumin's Biomedical Applications Molecular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 6 works
  10. 10 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 5 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Birjand University of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.