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Golestan University

In research, Golestan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,085 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,845 of 11,982 worldwide) and Psychology (#444 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,900
of 28,054 · #3,383 all time
Rank in Iran
#26
of 301
Research works
3.3k
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Golestan University 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,085 of 10,521 33.5%161 #2391
Health SciencesDomain #1,845 of 11,982 9.8%347 #4466
PsychologyField #444 of 2,181 34.9%77 #1306
MedicineField #2,157 of 10,443 8.9%283 #5009
Physical SciencesDomain #3,945 of 12,888 15.3%282 #3601
Life SciencesDomain #3,793 of 7,800 12.7%158 #6161
EngineeringField #3,732 of 6,636 18.1%88 #5468
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,229 of 3,579 14.0%82 #5823

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Golestan 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 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. Social Sciences#2,391 #1,085
  2. Health Sciences#4,466 #1,845
  3. Psychology#1,306 #444
  4. Medicine#5,009 #2,157
  5. Physical Sciences#3,601 #3,945
  6. Life Sciences#6,161 #3,793
  7. Engineering#5,468 #3,732
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,823 #3,229
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.

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, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.68× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.93× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 283 worksMedicineNursing: 3.37× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.65× its world share, 77 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Golestan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gholamreza Roshandel, Abdoljalal Marjani and Ali Derakhshan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Golestan University.

  1. 1 Gholamreza Roshandel Iran · #1,716 worldwide 5.4k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Abdoljalal Marjani Iran · #53,573 worldwide 439 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ali Derakhshan Iran · #87,015 worldwide 255 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Ghasem Bahlakeh Iran · #185,942 worldwide 490 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Leila Jouybari Iran · #289,901 worldwide 49 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Ezzat Allah Ghaemi Iran · #369,157 worldwide 23 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 M.J. Hosseini Iran · #400,127 worldwide 259 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 R Azarhoush Iran · #498,261 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Hamed Kalani Iran · #506,894 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Behnaz Khodabakhshi Iran · #550,063 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Golestan University

Which keywords describe research at Golestan University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology68▲ 1.80×109 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 1.88×77 topics
  3. Mental Health32▲ 2.3×28 topics
  4. Quality of Life31▲ 2.2×37 topics
  5. Cancer30▲ 2.4×53 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress27▲ 1.72×53 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications26▲ 2.3×23 topics
  8. Depression25▲ 3.0×23 topics
  9. Nanocomposites23▲ 3.0×14 topics
  10. Nanomaterials23▲ 2.3×15 topics
  11. Pandemic23▲ 2.2×10 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.1×36 topics
  13. Immune Response20▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. COVID-1920▲ 1.56×24 topics
  15. Stress19▲ 5.4×10 topics
  16. Social Support18▲ 3.4×13 topics
  17. Treatment18▲ 1.54×39 topics
  18. Antioxidant18▲ 2.7×40 topics
  19. Drug Delivery16▲ 3.2×14 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 2.1×22 topics
  21. Self-Efficacy16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  22. Well-being16▲ 4.5×10 topics
  23. Tissue Engineering16▲ 2.8×12 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-216▲ 5.1×6 topics
  25. Graphene16▲ 2.4×8 topics
  26. Resilience15▲ 3.3×9 topics
  27. Vaccine14▲ 3.8×11 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis14▲ 2.5×17 topics
  29. Cancer Therapy13▲ 2.5×19 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Toxicity13▲ 3.1×17 topics
  32. Immunity12▲ 3.2×11 topics
  33. Language Teaching10▲ 4.2×4 topics
  34. Nursing10▲ 5.3×3 topics
  35. Academic Achievement9▲ 5.5×5 topics
  36. Educational Achievement9▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Job Stress9▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Corrective Feedback8▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Second Language Acquisition8▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Antiviral Treatment8▲ 7.5×1 topic

Which research topics does Golestan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

Health and Well-being St…9Health and Well-being Studies: 9 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…8EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…8COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorpti…7Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 7 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksNanomaterials for cataly…5Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 5 fractional worksGrit, Self-Efficacy, and…4Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyLanguage and LinguisticsInfectious DiseasesWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 8 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  4. 4 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 7 works
  5. 5 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  7. 7 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 5 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation Social Psychology 4 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 available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Golestan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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