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Golestan University of Medical Sciences

In research, Golestan University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,234 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,861 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,550 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,028
of 28,054 · #10,490 all time
Rank in Iran
#119
of 301
Research works
1.8k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Golestan 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 #2,234 of 11,982 10.3%349 #4674
MedicineField #2,861 of 10,443 9.6%280 #5476
Life SciencesDomain #3,550 of 7,800 13.8%133 #5736
Social SciencesDomain #9,284 of 10,521 9.9%69 #13712
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,222 of 3,579 15.1%74 #5932

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Golestan 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#4,674 #2,234
  2. Medicine#5,476 #2,861
  3. Life Sciences#5,736 #3,550
  4. Social Sciences#13,712 #9,284
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,932 #3,222
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 Golestan University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 22.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.89× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.55× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 280 worksMedicineNursing: 4.51× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.19× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, Morteza Oladnabi, Philippe Albèra and Mohammad Javad Kabir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Golestan University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Morteza Oladnabi Iran · #237,245 worldwide 170 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Philippe Albèra Iran · #269,442 worldwide 1 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Javad Kabir Iran · #376,122 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Mojtaba Raeisi Iran · #440,373 worldwide 78 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Abdolhalim Rajabi Iran · #484,121 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Mohammad Jafar Golalipour Iran · #547,592 worldwide 64 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Ali Vakili Iran · #580,591 worldwide 24 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Ali Shahryari Iran · #844,324 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Nasser Behnampour Iran · #880,881 worldwide 34 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Alireza Heidari Iran · #1,136,375 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Golestan University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Social Support, Inflammation, Self-Efficacy, Mental Health and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 2.9×112 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 3.0×76 topics
  3. Quality of Life36▲ 4.2×38 topics
  4. Depression31▲ 5.9×21 topics
  5. Mental Health30▲ 3.5×26 topics
  6. Cancer30▲ 3.7×51 topics
  7. Social Support25▲ 7.5×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress24▲ 2.5×52 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.3×35 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy21▲ 13×5 topics
  11. Treatment20▲ 2.8×40 topics
  12. Stress20▲ 8.9×9 topics
  13. Pandemic20▲ 3.1×8 topics
  14. Immune Response18▲ 5.3×20 topics
  15. COVID-1918▲ 2.2×19 topics
  16. Diagnosis17▲ 3.1×35 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.4×21 topics
  18. Public Health16▲ 1.89×38 topics
  19. Elderly16▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Nursing16▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Risk Factors15▲ 2.3×31 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-215▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Educational Achievement14▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Job Stress14▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Antioxidant14▲ 3.4×39 topics
  26. Vaccine13▲ 5.4×11 topics
  27. Immunity13▲ 5.3×11 topics
  28. Anxiety12▲ 4.3×10 topics
  29. Obesity12▲ 2.7×22 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 8.2×3 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 5.0×14 topics
  32. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.5×23 topics
  33. Diabetes10▲ 3.5×20 topics
  34. Neuroprotection9▲ 4.3×15 topics
  35. Pathophysiology8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  36. Drug Resistance8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  37. Thrombosis8▲ 5.1×6 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Antiviral Treatment7▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Cytokine Storm7▲ 11×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Health and Well-being St…14Health and Well-being Studies: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…7COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …5SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 4 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 4 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 3 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesCancer ResearchGeneral Health Professions2 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 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 4 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 4 works
  7. 7 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 3 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 available70.7%not open29.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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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