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Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

In research, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,532 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,288 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#429 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Algebra and Number Theory, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Geometry and Topology (Algebra and Number Theory is 41.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,145
of 22,385 · #2,074 all time
Rank in Iran
#7
of 208
Research works
4.2k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

What is Institute for Research in Fundamental 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 #1,532 of 10,670 8.8%565 #1157
Computer ScienceField #1,288 of 4,417 10.9%135 #893
Physics and AstronomyField #429 of 1,417 9.0%217 #434
EngineeringField #3,337 of 5,901 8.2%80 #2186
Life SciencesDomain #3,669 of 6,403 10.1%73 #3719
MathematicsField #610 of 1,051 5.5%91 #428
Social SciencesDomain #6,617 of 9,585 9.5%71 #4606
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #287 of 400 11.3%72 #264
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #193 of 254 7.5%75 #157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Research in Fundamental 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#1,157 #1,532
  2. Computer Science#893 #1,288
  3. Physics and Astronomy#434 #429
  4. Engineering#2,186 #3,337
  5. Life Sciences#3,719 #3,669
  6. Mathematics#428 #610
  7. Social Sciences#4,606 #6,617
  8. Astronomy and Astrophysics#264 #287
  9. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#157 #193
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 Research in Fundamental Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (30%), Computer Science (18%), Mathematics (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 636 fractional works · 76.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 250 fractional works · 30.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 85 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 83 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 44 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 150 fractional works · 18.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 101 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 88 fractional works · 10.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 41 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 80 fractional works · 9.7% of its workNeuroscience: 56 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 80 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forResearch in…830fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences10%

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. Physics and Astronomy25030.1%
    2. Computer Science15018.1%
    3. Mathematics10112.2%
    4. Engineering8810.6%
    5. Materials Science283.4%
    6. Environmental Science60.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.7%
    8. Chemistry50.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience566.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities303.6%
    2. Psychology212.5%
    3. Social Sciences161.9%
    4. Decision Sciences70.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.4%
    1. Medicine313.8%
    2. Health Professions20.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Algebra and Number Theory takes 41.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 22.2 works42×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 85.1 works33×
  3. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 30.7 works23×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 82.7 works19×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 250.3 works14×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.14× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.32× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.36× its world share, 101 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.55× its world share, 250 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy13.55×250 works
  2. Mathematics10.36×101 works
  3. Neuroscience4.14×56 works
  4. Computer Science2.32×150 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.24×30 works
  6. Materials Science0.97×28 works
  7. Psychology0.83×21 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.82×7 works
  9. Engineering0.71×88 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×22 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×6 works
  12. Chemistry0.38×5 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.37×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×4 works
  16. Medicine0.20×31 works
  17. Environmental Science0.15×6 works
  18. Social Sciences0.15×16 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×3 works
  20. Health Professions0.10×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×1 works
  22. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  23. Energy0.06×0 works
  24. Nursing0.05×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Eoin Ó Colgáin, Mohammad Mehdi Sheikh-Jabbari and Yasaman Farzan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences.

  1. 1 Eoin Ó Colgáin Iran · #17,986 worldwide 6.7k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Mehdi Sheikh-Jabbari Iran · #25,984 worldwide 12k citations · 265 works
  3. 3 Yasaman Farzan Iran · #243,606 worldwide 4.7k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Seyed Hamed Aboutalebi Iran · #343,122 worldwide 5.3k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Sabokrou Iran · #389,758 worldwide 2.8k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Pejman Lotfi-Kamran Iran · #445,938 worldwide 1.8k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Amjad Ashoorioon Iran · #565,748 worldwide 2.1k citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Mohsen Khodadi Iran · #572,977 worldwide 1.6k citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Reza Asgari Iran · #585,333 worldwide 6.1k citations · 227 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Hossein Nadian Iran · #679,488 worldwide 999 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences?

The most cited paper from Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences is "The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC" (S. Chatrchyan et al., 2008), with 5,508 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (2,699) and "Matching Categorical Object Representations in Inferior Temporal Cortex of Man and Monkey" (1,520).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC S. Chatrchyan et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access2,047 authors 14 Aug 2008 5,508
2 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
3 Matching Categorical Object Representations in Inferior Temporal Cortex of Man and Monkey Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, Marieke Mur, Douglas A. Ruff et al. · Neuron Open access Dec 2008 1,520
4 Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in p p Collisions at s = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments G. Aad et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access5,000 authors 14 May 2015 1,357
5 Measurements of the Higgs boson production and decay rates and constraints on its couplings from a combined ATLAS and CMS analysis of the LHC pp collision data at s = 7 $$ \sqrt{s}=7 $$ and 8 TeV G. Aad et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access5,000 authors Aug 2016 1,095
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, Dark Matter, Supernovae, General Relativity, Dark Energy, Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmological Parameters.

▲ 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. Black Holes50▲ 62×3 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity44▲ 63×4 topics
  3. Dark Matter40▲ 42×4 topics
  4. Supernovae38▲ 56×2 topics
  5. General Relativity38▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Dark Energy37▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Cosmic Microwave Background37▲ 80×1 topic
  8. Cosmological Parameters37▲ 80×1 topic
  9. Deep Learning34▲ 1.17×61 topics
  10. Quantum Entanglement33▲ 61×2 topics
  11. String Theory31▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Field Theories31▲ 83×1 topic
  13. Holographic31▲ 83×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning30◆ 1.10×51 topics
  15. Particle Physics26▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Cosmology25▲ 45×3 topics
  17. Lattice QCD18▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Entanglement18▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Perception17▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Truth17▲ 63×2 topics
  21. Star Formation17▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Galactic Center16▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Higgs Boson16▲ 37×1 topic
  24. High-Energy Collider16▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Cryptography14▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Quantum Groups14▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Renormalization Group14▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Galaxies14▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Stellar Populations14▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Cosmic Rays13▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Neutrinos13▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Cluster Algebras12▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Triangulated Categories12▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Quantum Information12▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Hydrodynamics11▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Cohomology11▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Superconducting Circuits11▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Axions10▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Modal Logic10▲ 42×2 topics
  40. WIMPs10▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…37Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 37 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 31 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 16 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 14 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 12 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 10 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 10 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Topics in Algebra: 9 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 8 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeometry and TopologyPhilosophy1 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 31 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  5. 5 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 12 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  7. 7 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  8. 8 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced Topics in Algebra Algebra and Number Theory 9 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences0.0030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Research in Fundamental 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 Research in Fundamental Sciences8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 1999.

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