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Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

In research, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,792 of 10,670 worldwide), Chemistry (#918 of 1,299 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,106 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Geophysics and Computational Theory and Mathematics (Organic Chemistry is 10.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#10,678
of 22,385 · #8,671 all time
Rank in Iran
#110
of 208
Research works
2.6k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

What is Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences 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 #5,792 of 10,670 7.9%465 #3762
ChemistryField #918 of 1,299 7.3%74 #1492
Physics and AstronomyField #1,106 of 1,417 5.9%69 #1303
EngineeringField #5,161 of 5,901 9.1%84 #6655
Computer ScienceField #4,145 of 4,417 6.8%61 #5342

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic 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 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#3,762 #5,792
  2. Chemistry#1,492 #918
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,303 #1,106
  4. Engineering#6,655 #5,161
  5. Computer Science#5,342 #4,145
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 Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (15%), Chemistry (13%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 508 fractional works · 84.6% of its workEngineering: 88 fractional works · 14.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 79 fractional works · 13.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 7.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 77 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 67 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 60 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 6.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 8.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forAdvanced Studies…601fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering8814.7%
    2. Chemistry7913.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy7712.8%
    4. Computer Science6711.2%
    5. Materials Science6010.1%
    6. Mathematics498.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences366.0%
    8. Environmental Science203.3%
    9. Energy193.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering121.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology315.1%
    2. Neuroscience91.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    1. Medicine233.8%
    2. Nursing10.2%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Health Professions00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences71.1%
    2. Decision Sciences40.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities30.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.5%
    5. Psychology20.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 46.5 works10×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 20.1 works9.6×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 23.8 works9.3×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.50× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.36× its world share, 79 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.84× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.53× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.88× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.00× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.77× its world share, 77 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry8.36×79 works
  2. Mathematics7.00×50 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy5.77×77 works
  4. Chemical Engineering5.50×12 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.84×36 works
  6. Energy3.53×20 works
  7. Materials Science2.88×60 works
  8. Computer Science1.43×67 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×3 works
  10. Engineering0.98×88 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×31 works
  12. Neuroscience0.91×9 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.74×4 works
  14. Environmental Science0.66×20 works
  15. Nursing0.39×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×3 works
  18. Medicine0.20×22 works
  19. Veterinary0.20×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.18×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×5 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×1 works
  23. Psychology0.10×2 works
  24. Social Sciences0.09×6 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×1 works
  26. Health Professions0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Rouhollah Jafari, V. Taghiloo and Mohammad Rafiee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences.

  1. 1 Rouhollah Jafari Iran · #170,559 worldwide 2.1k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 V. Taghiloo Iran · #505,744 worldwide 330 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Rafiee Iran · #559,260 worldwide 4.1k citations · 109 works
  4. 4 Hamid R. Shahsavari Iran · #632,488 worldwide 14k citations · 203 works
  5. 5 Mahnaz Hassanpour Iran · #696,119 worldwide 948 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Akram Hasani Zonoozi Iran · #788,033 worldwide 1k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Ali Asadian Iran · #901,009 worldwide 588 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Abolfazl Rezaei Iran · #951,269 worldwide 819 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 S. Esmael Balaghi Iran · #989,473 worldwide 937 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Sara Nayeri Iran · #1,119,134 worldwide 704 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences?

The most cited paper from Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences is "Self-Motile Colloidal Particles: From Directed Propulsion to Random Walk" (Jonathan R. Howse, Richard Jones, Anthony J. Ryan et al., 2007), with 2,263 citations. Next come "Propulsion of a Molecular Machine by Asymmetric Distribution of Reaction Products" (789) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-Motile Colloidal Particles: From Directed Propulsion to Random Walk Jonathan R. Howse, Richard Jones, Anthony J. Ryan et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 27 Jul 2007 2,263
2 Propulsion of a Molecular Machine by Asymmetric Distribution of Reaction Products Ramin Golestanian, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, Armand Ajdari · Physical Review Letters Open access 10 Jun 2005 789
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 The “friction” of vacuum, and other fluctuation-induced forces Mehran Kardar, Ramin Golestanian · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access Jul 1999 694
5 Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Gernot Renger, Małgorzata Hołyńska et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 26 Jan 2016 657
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Water Splitting, Graphene and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Catalysis36▲ 8.9×24 topics
  2. Nanomaterials31▲ 4.9×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning26▲ 1.33×40 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications26▲ 3.7×24 topics
  5. Nanoparticles26▲ 3.4×29 topics
  6. Nanocomposites20▲ 4.1×13 topics
  7. Metal-Organic Frameworks19▲ 7.7×6 topics
  8. Graphene19▲ 4.6×8 topics
  9. Water Splitting17▲ 7.5×4 topics
  10. Drug Delivery16▲ 4.9×13 topics
  11. Hydrogenation14▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Electrocatalysis14▲ 8.4×5 topics
  13. Biosensors14▲ 4.7×10 topics
  14. Medicinal Chemistry14▲ 8.4×12 topics
  15. Self-Assembly13▲ 6.6×10 topics
  16. Organic Synthesis12▲ 17×8 topics
  17. Green Chemistry12▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Chemoselective11▲ 22×4 topics
  19. CO2 Capture11▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Carbon Nanotubes11▲ 5.3×4 topics
  21. Chemical Sensors10▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Catalysts10▲ 8.5×3 topics
  23. Green Synthesis10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  24. Methane Storage10▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Electrochemistry10▲ 7.3×3 topics
  26. Detection10▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Heterogeneous Catalysis9▲ 8.4×5 topics
  28. CO2 Reduction9▲ 6.7×2 topics
  29. Structured Light9▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Visible Light9▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Metal Complexes8▲ 20×5 topics
  32. Electrochemical8▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Heavy Metal Ions8▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Nanoscale Imaging8▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Plate Tectonics8▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Metal Nanoparticles8▲ 7.9×3 topics
  37. Entanglement8▲ 8.3×4 topics
  38. Oxygen Reduction8▲ 9.5×1 topic
  39. Catalytic Reduction7▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Oxidation7▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions and Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics.

  1. 1 Electrochemical Analysis and Applications Electrochemistry 8 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 works
  3. 3 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 7 works
  4. 4 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 7 works
  5. 5 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 7 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 5 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences0.0026% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences 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 2025Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences9.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2001.

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