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Iran University of Medical Sciences

In research, Iran University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#249 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#356 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#95 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sensory Systems, Emergency Medical Services and Reproductive Medicine — Sensory Systems is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,138
of 28,054 · #2,223 all time
Rank in Iran
#11
of 301
Research works
18k
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
212k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Iran University of Medical Sciences 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
Health SciencesDomain #249 of 11,982 14.0%3,374 #577
MedicineField #356 of 10,443 13.4%2,912 #822
Health ProfessionsField #95 of 1,928 17.4%350 #367
Life SciencesDomain #619 of 7,800 15.6%898 #1374
SurgerySubfield #323 of 1,816 11.5%400 #848
NursingField #40 of 213 19.1%67 #135
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #816 of 3,579 16.0%471 #1649
Physical SciencesDomain #3,089 of 12,888 18.7%473 #4606
Social SciencesDomain #2,663 of 10,521 16.0%684 #3269
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #225 of 828 17.1%207 #529

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iran University of Medical 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 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. Health Sciences#577 #249
  2. Medicine#822 #356
  3. Health Professions#367 #95
  4. Life Sciences#1,374 #619
  5. Surgery#848 #323
  6. Nursing#135 #40
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,649 #816
  8. Physical Sciences#4,606 #3,089
  9. Social Sciences#3,269 #2,663
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#529 #225
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 Iran University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sensory Systems takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 21.0 works5.1×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 48.2 works4.9×
  3. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 54.6 works4.5×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 66.4 works4.3×
  5. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 236.8 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: 0.28× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 471 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 112 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.34× its world share, 207 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.93× its world share, 37 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 81 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.42× its world share, 37 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.45× its world share, 350 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 2,912 worksMedicineNursing: 2.54× its world share, 68 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 378 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 166 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Iran University of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Maziar Moradi‐Lakeh, Ali Kabir and Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iran University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Maziar Moradi‐Lakeh Iran · #7,205 worldwide 5k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Ali Kabir Iran · #10,395 worldwide 1.9k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani Iran · #10,841 worldwide 2.6k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Arash Tehrani‐Banihashemi Iran · #48,192 worldwide 3.8k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Arash Sarveazad Iran · #49,175 worldwide 1.4k citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Hamidreza Pazoki–Toroudi Iran · #60,282 worldwide 521 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Abbas Sheikhtaheri Iran · #74,779 worldwide 113 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Hamid Reza Baradaran Iran · #78,024 worldwide 234 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Samad Azari Iran · #98,258 worldwide 352 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Saeed Mehrzadi Iran · #151,228 worldwide 193 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Iran University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Iran University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Depression, Cancer, Mental Health, Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology616▲ 2.9×132 topics
  2. Inflammation338▲ 3.0×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life285▲ 3.6×54 topics
  4. Depression228▲ 4.8×23 topics
  5. Cancer222▲ 3.0×58 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress216▲ 2.4×60 topics
  7. Mental Health208▲ 2.6×42 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease181▲ 3.0×39 topics
  9. COVID-19169▲ 2.3×27 topics
  10. Treatment165▲ 2.5×52 topics
  11. Pandemic152▲ 2.6×11 topics
  12. Risk Factors144▲ 2.4×37 topics
  13. Public Health143▲ 1.81×57 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome142▲ 3.2×23 topics
  15. Obesity133▲ 3.2×27 topics
  16. Social Support129▲ 4.3×17 topics
  17. Diagnosis127▲ 2.5×41 topics
  18. Anxiety108▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Clinical Trials105▲ 2.9×19 topics
  20. Diabetes105▲ 3.9×22 topics
  21. Stress100▲ 4.9×10 topics
  22. Immune Response96▲ 3.1×23 topics
  23. Mortality94▲ 3.0×13 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-292▲ 5.2×6 topics
  25. Biomarkers92▲ 2.5×18 topics
  26. Self-Efficacy90▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders87▲ 2.8×20 topics
  28. Global Burden87▲ 3.0×12 topics
  29. Complications87▲ 3.2×17 topics
  30. Elderly86▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Pathophysiology85▲ 5.2×11 topics
  32. Rehabilitation82▲ 3.8×11 topics
  33. Psychological Impact77▲ 4.4×10 topics
  34. Wound Healing73▲ 5.2×11 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers72▲ 5.4×5 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor71▲ 5.3×3 topics
  37. Psychological Distress71▲ 5.2×5 topics
  38. Nursing69▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Educational Achievement63▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Job Stress63▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Iran University of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Health and Well-being Studies: 63 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 43 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…42COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 42 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…28MicroRNA in disease regulation: 28 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 28 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 26 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…26Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 26 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …23SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 23 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…22Disaster Response and Management: 22 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …21Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 21 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesCancer ResearchPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 63 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 43 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 42 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 28 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 28 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 26 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 26 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 23 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 22 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 21 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iran University of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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