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Farabi Hospital

In research, Farabi Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,353 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,176 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Medicine — Ophthalmology is 83.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,033
of 28,054 · #30,087 all time
Rank in Iran
#278
of 301
Research works
825
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Farabi Hospital 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
MedicineField #7,353 of 10,443 11.7%156 #9779
Health SciencesDomain #9,176 of 11,982 11.6%158 #12761

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Farabi Hospital 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).

What does Farabi Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 83.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 46.2 works83×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 35.4 works19×
  3. MedicineField · 155.9 works3.9×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Farabi Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Masoud Aghsaei Fard, Hamid Riazi‐Esfahani and Mohammad Taher Rajabi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Farabi Hospital.

  1. 1 Masoud Aghsaei Fard Iran · #499,613 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Hamid Riazi‐Esfahani Iran · #1,124,726 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Taher Rajabi Iran · #1,454,134 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Farabi Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Farabi Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intraocular Pressure, Epidemiology, Glaucoma, Optic Nerve, Optical Coherence Tomography, Macular Degeneration, Myopia and Diabetic Retinopathy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.9×48 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure23▲ 131×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma23▲ 74×3 topics
  4. Optic Nerve18▲ 88×2 topics
  5. Optical Coherence Tomography18▲ 84×3 topics
  6. Macular Degeneration17▲ 67×3 topics
  7. Myopia16▲ 130×2 topics
  8. Diabetic Retinopathy15▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Intravitreal Injection14▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Inflammation13▲ 3.0×29 topics
  11. Risk Factors13▲ 5.5×9 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration12▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Ocular Hypertension12▲ 110×1 topic
  14. Retinal Ganglion Cells12▲ 52×2 topics
  15. Visual Field Progression12▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Oxidative Stress12▲ 3.4×18 topics
  17. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor12▲ 65×3 topics
  18. Corneal Biomechanics11▲ 164×1 topic
  19. Keratoconus11▲ 164×1 topic
  20. Childhood Myopia10▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Global Prevalence10▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Refractive Error10▲ 121×1 topic
  23. Visual Impairment10▲ 96×2 topics
  24. Wound Healing9▲ 17×5 topics
  25. Tissue Engineering9▲ 7.1×5 topics
  26. Choroidal Thickness9▲ 79×1 topic
  27. Retinal Pigment Epithelium9▲ 79×1 topic
  28. Stem Cell Therapy8▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Corneal Regeneration8▲ 161×1 topic
  30. Limbal Stem Cells8▲ 161×1 topic
  31. Dry Eye Disease8▲ 116×1 topic
  32. Ocular Surface8▲ 116×1 topic
  33. OCT Imaging7▲ 129×2 topics
  34. Endophthalmitis7▲ 98×2 topics
  35. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.6×13 topics
  36. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 8.6×7 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Macular Hole6▲ 146×1 topic
  39. Vitreoretinal Surgery6▲ 146×1 topic
  40. Autoimmunity6▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Farabi Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Corneal surgery and disorders, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Glaucoma and retinal dis…12Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 12 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…11Corneal surgery and disorders: 11 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…10Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 10 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…9Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 8 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 8 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…6Retinal and Macular Surgery: 6 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 6 fractional worksOphthalmology and Eye Disorders: 6 fractional worksOcular Infections and Tr…6Ocular Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 12 works
  2. 2 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 9 works
  5. 5 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  6. 6 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  8. 8 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Farabi Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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