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Imam Sadiq University

In research, Imam Sadiq University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,354 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,212 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,302 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 4.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,194
of 22,385 · #12,216 all time
Rank in Iran
#33
of 208
Research works
998
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Imam Sadiq University

What is Imam Sadiq University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,354 of 10,670 13.7%117 #8849
Social SciencesDomain #5,212 of 9,585 6.4%186 #9270
Social SciencesField #4,302 of 5,988 5.9%93 #7637

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#8,849 #4,354
  2. Social Sciences#9,270 #5,212
  3. Social Sciences#7,637 #4,302
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Imam Sadiq University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Imam Sadiq University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Computer Science (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 214 fractional works · 50.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 105 fractional works · 24.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 148 fractional works · 34.8% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 13.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 12.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKImam SadiqUniversity425fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences50%

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. Social Sciences10524.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting388.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities286.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance214.9%
    5. Psychology122.9%
    6. Decision Sciences102.4%
    1. Computer Science5813.7%
    2. Engineering5312.6%
    3. Environmental Science112.7%
    4. Mathematics71.5%
    5. Energy61.3%
    6. Materials Science40.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.6%
    9. Chemistry20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Medicine348.0%
    2. Health Professions71.6%
    3. Dentistry30.8%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.5%
    3. Neuroscience30.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Imam Sadiq University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 26.6 works4.2×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.76× its world share, 58 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.75× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.75×38 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.48×10 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.31×21 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.27×28 works
  5. Social Sciences1.95×105 works
  6. Computer Science1.76×58 works
  7. Dentistry1.55×3 works
  8. Energy1.45×6 works
  9. Mathematics1.30×6 works
  10. Psychology0.96×12 works
  11. Engineering0.84×53 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.72×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.60×7 works
  14. Environmental Science0.54×11 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.42×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×3 works
  19. Medicine0.41×34 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×7 works
  21. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.32×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×6 works
  24. Materials Science0.27×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.27×3 works
  26. Nursing0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Imam Sadiq University?

Ranked on the quality score, Muhammad Mahdi Rashidi, Mohammad Amin Mozaheb and Shiela Kheirzadeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imam Sadiq University.

  1. 1 Muhammad Mahdi Rashidi Iran · #2,252,335 worldwide 167 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Amin Mozaheb Iran · #3,170,690 worldwide 238 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Shiela Kheirzadeh Iran · #3,669,009 worldwide 144 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ahmad Pakatchi Iran · #3,874,174 worldwide 13 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Mostafa Shahiditabar Iran · #3,881,679 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mahdi Sadeghi Shahdani Iran · #4,838,375 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Jalal Dorakhshah Iran · #5,125,620 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Ali Talebi Iran · #5,198,548 worldwide 384 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Kamran Nadri Iran · #5,322,837 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Davood Manzoor Iran · #5,811,458 worldwide 129 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Imam Sadiq University

What are the most cited papers from Imam Sadiq University?

The most cited paper from Imam Sadiq University is "Pain and Depression: A Systematic Review" (Waguih William IsHak, Raymond Y. Wen, Lancer Naghdechi et al., 2018), with 509 citations. Next come "Biogas: Production, properties, applications, economic and challenges: A review" (281) and "A Fuzzy DEMATEL framework for modeling cause and effect relationships of strategy map" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pain and Depression: A Systematic Review Waguih William IsHak, Raymond Y. Wen, Lancer Naghdechi et al. · Harvard Review of Psychiatry Review Nov 2018 509
2 Biogas: Production, properties, applications, economic and challenges: A review Mohammed Khaleel Jameel, Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa, Hassan Safi Ahmed et al. · Results in Chemistry Open access 2024 281
3 A Fuzzy DEMATEL framework for modeling cause and effect relationships of strategy map Javad J. Jassbi, Farshid Mohamadnejad, Hossein Nasrollahzadeh · Expert Systems with Applications 14 Nov 2010 221
4 Attributes of social and human capital disclosure and information asymmetry between managers and investors Denis Cormier, Walter Aerts, Marie‐Josée Ledoux et al. · Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration Mar 2009 179
5 An explainable machine learning approach for Alzheimer’s disease classification Abbas Saad Alatrany, Wasiq Khan, Abir Jaafar Hussain et al. · Scientific Reports Open access Feb 2024 161
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Imam Sadiq University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Deep Learning, Corporate Governance, Islamic Banking, Pedagogy, Globalization, Islamic Education and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning32▲ 2.2×49 topics
  2. Machine Learning28▲ 1.98×58 topics
  3. Globalization24▲ 2.8×28 topics
  4. Risk Management19▲ 9.5×10 topics
  5. Corporate Governance18▲ 5.9×15 topics
  6. Islamic Banking16▲ 9.9×3 topics
  7. Pedagogy15▲ 7.2×5 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence15▲ 2.5×27 topics
  9. Islamic Education14▲ 10.0×3 topics
  10. Teacher Training14▲ 5.4×8 topics
  11. Culture14▲ 6.3×4 topics
  12. Human Rights14▲ 3.2×24 topics
  13. Finance14▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Financial Stability13▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Literature13▲ 5.7×10 topics
  16. Curriculum Development13▲ 4.5×5 topics
  17. Performance Analysis13▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Healthcare13▲ 2.6×14 topics
  19. Ethical Identity12▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Shariah Supervision12▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Gender Equality12▲ 9.7×6 topics
  22. Philosophy11▲ 6.0×7 topics
  23. Islam11▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Convolutional Neural Networks11▲ 3.6×12 topics
  25. Security11▲ 3.9×21 topics
  26. Religious Education11▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Madrasa11▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Muslim Students11▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Feminism10▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Ethnicity10▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Secularism10▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Social Influence10▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Science10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Hermeneutics10▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Ottoman Empire9▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Malay Language9▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Middle East9▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Sharia Law9▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Iran9▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Islamic reform9▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Imam Sadiq University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education and Islamic Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Islamic Studies and History.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 12 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 11 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…9Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…9Islamic Studies and History: 9 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 5 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 4 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional works
AccountingEducationSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 12 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 11 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 5 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 4 works
  7. 7 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 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 available69.2%not open30.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imam Sadiq University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sadiq University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Imam Sadiq University0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Imam Sadiq University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Imam Sadiq University6.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2023.

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