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Imam Sadiq University

In research, Imam Sadiq University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,708 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,457 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,704 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,064
of 28,054 · #25,030 all time
Rank in Iran
#206
of 301
Research works
998
▲ 118% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Imam Sadiq 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 #6,708 of 12,888 18.5%117 #14535
Social SciencesDomain #8,457 of 10,521 7.2%186 #11935
Social SciencesField #5,704 of 6,365 8.8%93 #9226

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 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#14,535 #6,708
  2. Social Sciences#11,935 #8,457
  3. Social Sciences#9,226 #5,704
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 Imam Sadiq University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 24.6 works4.8×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.76× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.87× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.61× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Imam Sadiq University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mehdi Sadeghi and Mohammad Amin Mozaheb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imam Sadiq University.

  1. 1 Mehdi Sadeghi Iran · #806,032 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Amin Mozaheb Iran · #1,041,615 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Imam Sadiq University

Which keywords describe research at Imam Sadiq University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Deep Learning, Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Islamic Education, Pedagogy, Finance and Globalization.

▲ 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. Deep Learning30▲ 2.5×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning21▲ 1.88×54 topics
  3. Globalization20▲ 2.9×25 topics
  4. Risk Management18▲ 11×9 topics
  5. Corporate Governance16▲ 6.1×11 topics
  6. Islamic Banking15▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Islamic Education14▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Pedagogy14▲ 8.1×5 topics
  9. Teacher Training14▲ 6.3×8 topics
  10. Finance13▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Curriculum Development13▲ 5.2×5 topics
  12. Financial Stability12▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Culture12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  14. Performance Analysis12▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Human Rights12▲ 3.4×22 topics
  16. Literature12▲ 6.4×10 topics
  17. Social Media12▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Ethical Identity11▲ 25×1 topic
  19. Shariah Supervision11▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Islam11▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 4.1×12 topics
  22. Religious Education10▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Madrasa10▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Muslim Students10▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Philosophy10▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Gender Equality10▲ 10×5 topics
  27. History10▲ 4.0×3 topics
  28. Security10▲ 4.2×19 topics
  29. Ethnicity9▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Social Influence9▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Science9▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Malay Language9▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Sharia Law9▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Secularism8▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Hermeneutics8▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Ottoman Empire8▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Feminism8▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Middle East8▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Iran8▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Islamic reform8▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Imam Sadiq University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education and Islamic Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Islamic Studies and History.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 11 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 10 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 8 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 4 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …4Military Technology and Strategies: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 4 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 3 fractional worksQur’anic Interpretation Studies: 3 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 11 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 10 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 8 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 4 works
  6. 6 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 4 works
  8. 8 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Qur’anic Interpretation Studies Education 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Imam Sadiq University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 118% 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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