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Ilam University

In research, Ilam University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,516 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,192 of 11,982 worldwide) and Chemistry (#255 of 1,330 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Analytical Chemistry is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,116
of 28,054 · #4,084 all time
Rank in Iran
#30
of 301
Research works
4.3k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Ilam 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,516 of 12,888 29.5%471 #2819
Health SciencesDomain #2,192 of 11,982 16.0%237 #4453
ChemistryField #255 of 1,330 48.5%126 #852
Organic ChemistrySubfield #135 of 615 52.7%72 #652
EngineeringField #2,813 of 6,636 27.3%142 #3207
Social SciencesDomain #4,893 of 10,521 19.9%116 #6135
MedicineField #4,943 of 10,443 16.0%186 #6989
Life SciencesDomain #4,066 of 7,800 21.1%202 #7128
Environmental ScienceField #2,247 of 3,551 24.2%63 #3278
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,323 of 3,409 24.0%105 #3425

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ilam 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. Physical Sciences#2,819 #1,516
  2. Health Sciences#4,453 #2,192
  3. Chemistry#852 #255
  4. Organic Chemistry#652 #135
  5. Engineering#3,207 #2,813
  6. Social Sciences#6,135 #4,893
  7. Medicine#6,989 #4,943
  8. Life Sciences#7,128 #4,066
  9. Environmental Science#3,278 #2,247
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,425 #2,323
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 Ilam University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Analytical Chemistry takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 21.1 works11×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 72.5 works9.4×
  3. ChemistryField · 126.5 works7.8×
← 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: 2.15× its world share, 105 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.01× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.85× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.35× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 142 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.62× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 186 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ilam University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yousef Veisani, Kourosh Sayehmiri and Arash Ghorbani‐Choghamarani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ilam University.

  1. 1 Yousef Veisani · #113,388 worldwide 195 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Kourosh Sayehmiri · #356,014 worldwide 117 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Arash Ghorbani‐Choghamarani · #364,566 worldwide 249 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Ali Daneshfar · #374,764 worldwide 146 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Seyyed Hossein Hosseini · #456,157 worldwide 191 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Rahim Naseri · #531,679 worldwide 20 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Mohsen Nikoorazm · #587,114 worldwide 83 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Jafar Tavoosi · #601,849 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hadi Hosseini · #755,053 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Mahmoud Roushani · #777,747 worldwide 185 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Ilam University

Which keywords describe research at Ilam University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Nanomaterials, Green Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Carbon Nanotubes.

▲ 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. Catalysis61▲ 8.9×20 topics
  2. Epidemiology55▲ 1.36×108 topics
  3. Nanomaterials38▲ 3.5×15 topics
  4. Green Chemistry36▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Organic Synthesis34▲ 29×7 topics
  6. Drug Discovery30▲ 13×10 topics
  7. Inflammation28▲ 1.32×67 topics
  8. Nanoparticles28▲ 2.2×31 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress26▲ 1.57×52 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications25▲ 2.1×23 topics
  11. Green Synthesis25▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Electrochemistry25▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Graphene25▲ 3.5×8 topics
  14. Mental Health25▲ 1.64×27 topics
  15. Carbon Nanotubes24▲ 6.9×5 topics
  16. Depression21▲ 2.3×19 topics
  17. Medicinal Chemistry20▲ 7.2×10 topics
  18. Nanocomposites20▲ 2.4×13 topics
  19. Synthesis20▲ 5.2×20 topics
  20. Antioxidant19▲ 2.8×40 topics
  21. Asymmetric Synthesis18▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Nanocatalysts18▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Heterocyclic Synthesis18▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Multicomponent Reactions18▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Chemoselective18▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Immune Response18▲ 3.0×17 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-217▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Nanostructured Materials17▲ 9.6×4 topics
  29. Drug Delivery17▲ 3.0×15 topics
  30. Heterogeneous Catalysis16▲ 8.8×5 topics
  31. Biosensor Applications16▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Anticancer Agents16▲ 10×8 topics
  33. Electrochemical Biosensors15▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Glucose Sensors15▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Drug Design14▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Oxidation14▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysts13▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Heterocycles12▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Biological Activity11▲ 23×5 topics
  40. Nanofluids11▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ilam University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles, Electrochemical sensors and biosensors, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions.

Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 18 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 15 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 10 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Reactions: 10 fractional worksSynthesis of Tetrazole Derivatives: 9 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 9 fractional worksElectrochemical Analysis…9Electrochemical Analysis and Applications: 9 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 9 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 8 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…8Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 8 fractional works
Organic ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringOcean EngineeringMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Multicomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesOrganic Chemistry 18 works
  2. 2 Electrochemical sensors and biosensorsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesOcean Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Chemical Synthesis and ReactionsOrganic Chemistry 10 works
  5. 5 Synthesis of Tetrazole DerivativesOrganic Chemistry 9 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 9 works
  7. 7 Electrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsElectrochemistry 9 works
  8. 8 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 9 works
  9. 9 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactionsOrganic Chemistry 8 works
  10. 10 Petroleum Processing and AnalysisAnalytical Chemistry 8 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ilam University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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