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Imam Reza Hospital

In research, Imam Reza Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,788 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,216 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,133
of 22,385 · #23,319 all time
Rank in Iran
#142
of 208
Research works
1.8k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Imam Reza Hospital

What is Imam Reza Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,788 of 8,541 6.8%236 #11333
Health SciencesDomain #6,216 of 9,902 6.9%256 #13908

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Imam Reza Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Imam Reza Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Imam Reza Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Psychology (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 274 fractional works · 70.7% of its workMedicine: 254 fractional works · 65.4% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 62 fractional works · 16.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKImam RezaHospital388fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences6%

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
    1. Medicine25465.4%
    2. Health Professions112.8%
    3. Nursing51.2%
    4. Dentistry41.0%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology379.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology92.3%
    3. Neuroscience82.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Engineering102.7%
    2. Environmental Science51.3%
    3. Materials Science51.3%
    4. Computer Science30.7%
    5. Chemistry20.5%
    6. Mathematics20.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Psychology133.2%
    2. Social Sciences41.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
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: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.27× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.40× its world share, 254 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.40×254 works
  2. Nursing2.55×5 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.27×9 works
  4. Dentistry2.06×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.79×37 works
  6. Veterinary1.71×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.51×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.26×8 works
  9. Health Professions1.07×11 works
  10. Psychology1.07×13 works
  11. Mathematics0.39×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.37×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×6 works
  14. Chemistry0.34×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.27×5 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×2 works
  17. Energy0.24×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.19×2 works
  19. Engineering0.18×10 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.08×3 works
  24. Social Sciences0.08×4 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Imam Reza Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Mahdieh Dayyani and Saeid Marzban‐Rad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imam Reza Hospital.

  1. 1 Mahdieh Dayyani Iran · #5,391,709 worldwide 134 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Saeid Marzban‐Rad Iran · #6,465,082 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Imam Reza Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Imam Reza Hospital?

The most cited paper from Imam Reza Hospital is "Curcumin in Liver Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Cellular Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Clinical Perspective" (Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Mehdi Zobeiri, Fatemeh Parvizi et al., 2018), with 490 citations. Next come "Comparison of Early and Late Toxic Effects of Sulfur Mustard in Iranian Veterans" (344) and "The pharmacology, toxicology, and medical treatment of sulphur mustard poisoning" (330).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Curcumin in Liver Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Cellular Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Clinical Perspective Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Mehdi Zobeiri, Fatemeh Parvizi et al. · Nutrients ReviewOpen access Jul 2018 490
2 Comparison of Early and Late Toxic Effects of Sulfur Mustard in Iranian Veterans Mahdi Balali‐Mood, Mehrdad Hefazi · Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology Oct 2006 344
3 The pharmacology, toxicology, and medical treatment of sulphur mustard poisoning Mahdi Balali‐Mood, Mehrdad Hefazi · Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology 17 May 2005 330
4 The relationship between social networking addiction and academic performance in Iranian students of medical sciences: a cross-sectional study Seyyed Mohsen Azizi, Ali Soroush, Alireza Khatony · BMC Psychology Open access 3 May 2019 308
5 A review on gold nanoparticles radiosensitization effect in radiation therapy of cancer Asghar Mesbahi · Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy Open access 13 Oct 2010 220
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Imam Reza Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, SARS-CoV-2, Metabolic Syndrome, Thrombosis and Pathophysiology.

▲ 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
  1. Epidemiology44▲ 2.8×108 topics
  2. Inflammation30▲ 3.6×69 topics
  3. Cancer24▲ 4.6×46 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.0×35 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.5×48 topics
  6. Treatment16▲ 3.3×43 topics
  7. Quality of Life15▲ 2.6×39 topics
  8. Pandemic14▲ 3.7×8 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 4.5×21 topics
  10. COVID-1913▲ 2.6×19 topics
  11. Risk Factors12▲ 2.9×29 topics
  12. Diagnosis12▲ 3.4×37 topics
  13. Depression12▲ 3.5×18 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-212▲ 9.8×6 topics
  15. Immune Response11▲ 5.0×15 topics
  16. Obesity11▲ 3.7×17 topics
  17. Thrombosis11▲ 10.0×7 topics
  18. Pathophysiology10▲ 9.2×10 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor10▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.5×22 topics
  21. Antioxidant9▲ 3.5×34 topics
  22. Immunity9▲ 5.7×11 topics
  23. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.2×21 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance8▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Metastasis8▲ 6.1×12 topics
  26. Mortality8▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Surgical Management8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  28. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.8×18 topics
  29. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.9×13 topics
  30. Biomarkers8▲ 2.8×12 topics
  31. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.5×14 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Diabetes7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  34. Autoantibodies7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  35. Neuroprotection6▲ 4.7×14 topics
  36. Clinical Characteristics6▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Cytokine Storm6▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 5.6×10 topics
  39. Pregnancy6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  40. Chronic Pain5▲ 6.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Imam Reza Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Health and Well-being Studies and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…2MicroRNA in disease regulation: 2 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 2 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 2 fractional worksDermatological and COVID…2Dermatological and COVID-19 studies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesClinical PsychologyOncologyRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Dermatological and COVID-19 studies Dermatology 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 available65.5%not open34.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imam Reza Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Imam Reza Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Imam Reza Hospital0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Imam Reza Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Imam Reza Hospital10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2025.

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