World rank, 2022-now #9,108
of 22,385 · #14,308 all time
Rank in Iran #75
of 208 Research works 3.3k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations 46k 13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate 11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields 0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access 55%
world 40%
International 17%
world 18%
What is Golestan University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
Field World rank Where that sits Top-10% rate Works All time
PsychologyField
#1,557 of 2,121
31.4% 77
#2837 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField
#2,454 of 2,964
6.8% 82
#5040 Physical SciencesDomain
#8,988 of 10,670
9.8% 282
#11462 MedicineField
#7,519 of 8,541
5.3% 283
#13108 EngineeringField
#5,211 of 5,901
10.4% 88
#6904 Life SciencesDomain
#5,757 of 6,403
6.6% 158
#9617 Health SciencesDomain
#8,955 of 9,902
5.9% 347
#15287 Social SciencesDomain
#8,834 of 9,585
28.8% 161
#13657
Which of those standings moved
Psychology#2,837 #1,557 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,040 #2,454 Physical Sciences#11,462 #8,988 Medicine#13,108 #7,519 Engineering#6,904 #5,211 Life Sciences#9,617 #5,757 Health Sciences#15,287 #8,955 Social Sciences#13,657 #8,834 all time 2022-now, better 2022-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 Golestan University work in?
In 2022-now, 36% of research at Golestan University is in Health Sciences , 30% in Physical Sciences . Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Engineering (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Health Sciences: 374 fractional works · 36.3% of its work Medicine: 306 fractional works · 29.7% of its work Epidemiology: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its work Surgery: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its work Infectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its work Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its work Oncology: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its work Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its work Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its work Physiology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its work Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its work Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its work Pathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its work Rheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Obstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Psychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Pharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Neurology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Complementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Reproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Genetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Ophthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Hepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Hematology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Emergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Nephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Gastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Dermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Otorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its work General Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its work Emergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Speech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Dentistry: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its work Oral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Periodontics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Orthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work General Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Nursing: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its work Nutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Research and Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Veterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Physical Sciences: 309 fractional works · 30.0% of its work Engineering: 98 fractional works · 9.5% of its work Biomedical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its work Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its work Civil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its work Mechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Control and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Building and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Aerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Computational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Mechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Materials Science: 59 fractional works · 5.7% of its work Materials Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its work Biomaterials: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its work Polymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its work Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Ceramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Environmental Science: 41 fractional works · 4.0% of its work Water Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its work Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Environmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Global and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Pollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Ecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Computer Science: 36 fractional works · 3.5% of its work Artificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Computational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Computer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its work Organic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Analytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Smaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its work Applied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Statistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Geometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Mathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Physics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its work Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Radiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Earth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its work Geophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Oceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Energy: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Smaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Chemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Social Sciences: 177 fractional works · 17.2% of its work Psychology: 83 fractional works · 8.0% of its work Clinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its work Social Psychology: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its work Developmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its work Applied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Smaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Social Sciences: 51 fractional works · 4.9% of its work Education: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its work Sociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its work Transportation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Demography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Arts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its work Language and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its work Literature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Smaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Decision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Management Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Smaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Business, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its work Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Economics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Smaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its work Life Sciences: 171 fractional works · 16.6% of its work Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 88 fractional works · 8.6% of its work Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 4.2% of its work Genetics: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its work Cancer Research: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its work Molecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Cell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Clinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Smaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.4% of its work Plant Science: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its work Food Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its work Animal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its work Cognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Neurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Endocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its work Immunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its work Immunology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its work Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its work Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its work Pharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its work Smaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its work Health Sciences Medicine Health Pr… Dentistry Nursing Physical Sciences Engineering Materials Science Environme… Computer… Chemistry Mathemati… Social Sciences Psychology Social Sc… Arts and… Life Sciences Biochemistry Agricultu… Neuroscie… Immunolog… ALL ITS WORK Golestan University 1,030 fractional works, 2022-now Life Sciences17% Physical Sciences30% Health Sciences36% Social Sciences17%
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 26 fields, with their numbers Medicine306 29.7% Health Professions31 3.0% Dentistry19 1.8% Nursing17 1.6% Veterinary1 0.1% Engineering98 9.5% Materials Science59 5.7% Environmental Science41 4.0% Computer Science36 3.5% Chemistry20 2.0% Mathematics20 2.0% Physics and Astronomy14 1.4% Earth and Planetary Sciences11 1.0% Energy9 0.8% Chemical Engineering1 0.1% Psychology83 8.0% Social Sciences51 4.9% Arts and Humanities23 2.2% Decision Sciences7 0.7% Business, Management and Accounting7 0.7% Economics, Econometrics and Finance6 0.6% Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology88 8.6% Agricultural and Biological Sciences35 3.4% Neuroscience21 2.1% Immunology and Microbiology20 2.0% Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6 0.6%
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: 0.71× its world share, 35 works Agricultural and Bio… Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 88 works Biochemistry, Geneti… Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 20 works Immunology and Micro… Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 22 works Neuroscience Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 6 works Pharmacology, Toxico… Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 works Chemical Engineering Chemistry: 1.26× its world share, 20 works Chemistry Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 36 works Computer Science Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 11 works Earth and Planetary … Energy: 0.91× its world share, 9 works Energy Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 98 works Engineering Environmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 41 works Environmental Science Materials Science: 1.65× its world share, 59 works Materials Science Mathematics: 1.68× its world share, 20 works Mathematics Physics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 14 works Physics and Astronomy Dentistry: 3.79× its world share, 19 works Dentistry Health Professions: 1.13× its world share, 31 works Health Professions Medicine: 1.54× its world share, 306 works Medicine Nursing: 3.37× its world share, 17 works Nursing Veterinary: 0.98× its world share, 1 works Veterinary Arts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 23 works Arts and Humanities Business, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 7 works Business, Management… Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 7 works Decision Sciences Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 6 works Economics, Econometr… Psychology: 2.63× its world share, 83 works Psychology Social Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 51 works Social Sciences 1× world share more than its size predicts about as predicted less
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry , 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers Dentistry 3.79× 19 works Nursing 3.37× 17 works Psychology 2.63× 83 works Immunology and Microbiology 1.97× 20 works Mathematics 1.68× 20 works Materials Science 1.65× 59 works Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.61× 88 works Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.56× 6 works Medicine 1.54× 306 works Neuroscience 1.28× 22 works Chemistry 1.26× 20 works Health Professions 1.13× 31 works Veterinary 0.98× 1 works Energy 0.91× 9 works Environmental Science 0.80× 41 works Arts and Humanities 0.77× 23 works Decision Sciences 0.73× 7 works Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.71× 35 works Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.66× 11 works Engineering 0.63× 98 works Physics and Astronomy 0.61× 14 works Computer Science 0.45× 36 works Social Sciences 0.39× 51 works Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.29× 6 works Business, Management and Accounting 0.21× 7 works Chemical Engineering 0.20× 1 works
Who are the top researchers at Golestan University?
Ranked on the quality score, Ali Derakhshan , Gholamreza Roshandel and Ghasem Bahlakeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Golestan University.
1
Ali Derakhshan
Iran · #555 worldwide
12k citations · 318 works
2
Gholamreza Roshandel
Iran · #74,950 worldwide
201k citations · 440 works
3
Ghasem Bahlakeh
Iran · #115,470 worldwide
14k citations · 182 works
4
Saber Arabi Nowdeh
Iran · #155,115 worldwide
2.9k citations · 60 works
5
M.J. Hosseini
Iran · #194,612 worldwide
3.6k citations · 50 works
6
Alireza Goudarzi
Iran · #616,656 worldwide
4.6k citations · 47 works
7
Masoumeh Rahimi
Iran · #748,728 worldwide
2.5k citations · 58 works
8
Masoud Khoshnia
Iran · #779,499 worldwide
3k citations · 139 works
9
Seyed Aidin Sajedi
Iran · #1,375,367 worldwide
5.6k citations · 55 works
10
Farzaneh Shakki
Iran · #1,490,584 worldwide
434 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Golestan University
What are the most cited papers from Golestan University?
The most cited paper from Golestan University is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2019), with 2,699 citations. Next come "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (2,100) and "The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level" (2,044).
Most cited papers
# Paper Released Citations
1
Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017
Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology
Open access 628 authors
27 Sep 2019
2,699 2
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019
Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology
Open access 601 authors
30 Dec 2021
2,100 3
The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level
Tomi Akinyemiju et al. · JAMA Oncology
Open access
5 Oct 2017
2,044 4
Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016
Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology
Open access 153 authors
2 Jun 2018
1,550 5
Real-time RT-PCR in COVID-19 detection: issues affecting the results
Alireza Tahamtan, Abdollah Ardebili · Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Open access
16 Apr 2020
1,287
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting
Which keywords describe research at Golestan University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology , Inflammation, Quality of Life, Cancer, Mental Health , Depression, Stress and Immune Response.
▲ 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 Epidemiology 75 ▲ 1.83× 115 topics Inflammation 41 ▲ 1.85× 77 topics Quality of Life 33 ▲ 2.2× 38 topics Mental Health 33 ▲ 2.2× 29 topics Cancer 32 ▲ 2.3× 53 topics Oxidative Stress 28 ▲ 1.68× 53 topics Biomedical Applications 27 ▲ 2.2× 24 topics Depression 27 ▲ 3.0× 23 topics Nanomaterials 25 ▲ 2.3× 16 topics Cardiovascular Disease 25 ▲ 2.1× 36 topics Nanocomposites 24 ▲ 2.9× 14 topics Pandemic 23 ▲ 2.3× 10 topics Immune Response 22 ▲ 3.8× 21 topics COVID-19 21 ▲ 1.54× 24 topics Treatment 20 ▲ 1.59× 40 topics Stress 20 ▲ 5.3× 10 topics Antioxidant 19 ▲ 2.7× 40 topics Social Support 19 ▲ 3.4× 14 topics Drug Delivery 18 ▲ 3.1× 14 topics Metabolic Syndrome 17 ▲ 2.1× 22 topics Well-being 17 ▲ 4.3× 10 topics Self-Efficacy 17 ▲ 6.4× 7 topics Diagnosis 17 ▲ 1.76× 35 topics Tissue Engineering 17 ▲ 2.7× 12 topics Graphene 16 ▲ 2.3× 8 topics SARS-CoV-2 16 ▲ 5.2× 6 topics Resilience 16 ▲ 3.2× 10 topics Vaccine 16 ▲ 3.9× 11 topics Meta-Analysis 15 ▲ 2.5× 17 topics Immunity 14 ▲ 3.4× 11 topics Toxicity 14 ▲ 3.2× 17 topics ACE2 Receptor 14 ▲ 5.9× 3 topics Language Teaching 13 ▲ 4.6× 4 topics Antibiotic Resistance 12 ▲ 3.0× 14 topics Corrective Feedback 11 ▲ 14× 1 topic Second Language Acquisition 11 ▲ 11× 1 topic Nursing 10 ▲ 5.1× 3 topics Academic Achievement 10 ▲ 5.4× 6 topics Educational Achievement 9 ▲ 15× 1 topic Job Stress 9 ▲ 15× 1 topic
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.
55% 45%
openly available55.4% not open44.6%
World: 40% of research is openly available.
17% 83%
with international co-authors16.7% domestic only83.3%
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Golestan University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.
still counting 1990 2000 2010 2020
grew held shrank
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
still counting 0.0020% 0.0040% 0.0060% Golestan University 0.0041% in 2025 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Fractional works of Golestan University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted .
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
still counting 10% 20% Golestan University 12.9% in 2025 all institutions 10.0% in 2025 2010 2020 Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2025.
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