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Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

In research, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,608 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,830 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,178 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,372
of 28,054 · #11,556 all time
Rank in Iran
#128
of 301
Research works
1.1k
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Gonabad 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 #3,608 of 11,982 16.0%200 #6019
MedicineField #3,830 of 10,443 15.0%160 #7874
Social SciencesDomain #10,178 of 10,521 7.4%62 #10624

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gonabad 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#6,019 #3,608
  2. Medicine#7,874 #3,830
  3. Social Sciences#10,624 #10,178
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 Gonabad University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 26.7 works7.1×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.30× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.01× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 160 worksMedicineNursing: 3.77× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.91× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.24× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

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

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmad Zarei, Ali Mohammadpour and Narjes Bahri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gonabad University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Ahmad Zarei Iran · #344,847 worldwide 158 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ali Mohammadpour Iran · #401,075 worldwide 54 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Narjes Bahri Iran · #456,619 worldwide 41 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Hamed Biglari Iran · #512,691 worldwide 68 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Mahmoud Taghavi Iran · #541,472 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Mojtaba Afsharnia Iran · #563,820 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Jahanshir Tavakolizadeh Iran · #575,308 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Moosa Sajjadi Iran · #938,814 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Mahdi Moshki Iran · #969,017 worldwide 11 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Alireza Mohammadzadeh Iran · #1,052,085 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Gonabad University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Epidemiology, COVID-19, Mental Health, Pandemic, Social Support, Quality of Life 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. Epidemiology38▲ 2.7×85 topics
  2. Depression32▲ 10.0×19 topics
  3. COVID-1925▲ 5.2×18 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 4.8×22 topics
  5. Quality of Life23▲ 4.5×24 topics
  6. Inflammation22▲ 3.0×62 topics
  7. Pandemic22▲ 5.6×9 topics
  8. Cancer20▲ 4.2×36 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.6×31 topics
  10. Social Support18▲ 9.2×13 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.8×42 topics
  12. Anxiety15▲ 8.8×10 topics
  13. Self-Efficacy14▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Psychological Distress14▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Public Health12▲ 2.3×30 topics
  16. Psychological Impact12▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Antioxidant12▲ 4.8×33 topics
  18. Stress11▲ 8.2×7 topics
  19. Diagnosis11▲ 3.2×30 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.6×16 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers10▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Risk Factors9▲ 2.4×24 topics
  23. Social Isolation9▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Treatment9▲ 2.1×28 topics
  25. Quarantine9▲ 16×1 topic
  26. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 8.9×20 topics
  27. Obesity8▲ 3.1×18 topics
  28. Nursing8▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Elderly8▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Educational Achievement8▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Health Effects8▲ 3.5×20 topics
  32. Job Stress8▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Insulin Resistance7▲ 4.3×8 topics
  34. Toxicity7▲ 4.5×14 topics
  35. Immune Response7▲ 3.4×16 topics
  36. SARS-CoV-27▲ 5.7×5 topics
  37. Nursing Students5▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Elderly Population5▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Health Locus of Control5▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Health-Promoting Behaviors5▲ 44×1 topic

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

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

COVID-19 and Mental Health9COVID-19 and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 8 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 3 fractional worksMenopause: Health Impacts and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious DiseasesEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  9. 9 Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 2 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 available72.1%not open27.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% 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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