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Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

In research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#558 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#155 of 1,928 worldwide) and Medicine (#913 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Periodontics and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,823
of 28,054 · #2,926 all time
Rank in Iran
#25
of 301
Research works
20k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
266k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Isfahan 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 #558 of 11,982 11.4%2,949 #848
Health ProfessionsField #155 of 1,928 14.8%233 #456
MedicineField #913 of 10,443 10.9%2,444 #1223
Life SciencesDomain #985 of 7,800 14.2%820 #1883
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #835 of 3,579 14.8%435 #1763
Social SciencesDomain #2,992 of 10,521 15.7%381 #2634
NursingField #63 of 213 17.1%98 #207
Physical SciencesDomain #3,854 of 12,888 18.8%450 #5909
SurgerySubfield #627 of 1,816 8.1%259 #1232
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #308 of 828 15.8%187 #361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Isfahan 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#848 #558
  2. Health Professions#456 #155
  3. Medicine#1,223 #913
  4. Life Sciences#1,883 #985
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,763 #835
  6. Social Sciences#2,634 #2,992
  7. Nursing#207 #63
  8. Physical Sciences#5,909 #3,854
  9. Surgery#1,232 #627
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#361 #308
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 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 70.5 works8.0×
  2. PeriodonticsSubfield · 48.8 works7.8×
  3. DentistryField · 166.1 works7.4×
  4. OrthodonticsSubfield · 36.0 works7.0×
  5. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 34.6 works6.9×
  6. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works5.7×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 98 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 435 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 89 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.00× its world share, 149 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.94× its world share, 48 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 128 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 86 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.44× its world share, 166 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 233 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 2,444 worksMedicineNursing: 4.37× its world share, 98 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 210 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 101 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Ali Fatehizadeh and Roya Kelishadi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Nizal Sarrafzadegan Iran · #574 worldwide 2.8k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Ali Fatehizadeh Iran · #30,805 worldwide 674 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Roya Kelishadi Iran · #56,016 worldwide 671 citations · 193 works
  4. 4 Masoumeh Sadeghi Iran · #61,850 worldwide 509 citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Reza Amani Iran · #64,383 worldwide 292 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Omid Mirmosayyeb Iran · #77,312 worldwide 195 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Ahmad Esmaillzadeh Iran · #107,017 worldwide 425 citations · 115 works
  8. 8 Mohsen Janghorbani Iran · #113,060 worldwide 136 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Marjan Mansourian Iran · #168,355 worldwide 175 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Azar Baradaran Iran · #174,139 worldwide 141 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology490▲ 2.7×132 topics
  2. Inflammation341▲ 3.6×83 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease244▲ 4.8×39 topics
  4. Quality of Life226▲ 3.4×52 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress207▲ 2.8×62 topics
  6. Cancer200▲ 3.2×58 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome178▲ 4.8×23 topics
  8. Depression163▲ 4.0×22 topics
  9. Treatment148▲ 2.6×52 topics
  10. Risk Factors135▲ 2.7×35 topics
  11. Obesity126▲ 3.6×26 topics
  12. COVID-19124▲ 1.97×26 topics
  13. Diagnosis117▲ 2.7×41 topics
  14. Antioxidant117▲ 3.7×51 topics
  15. Mental Health115▲ 1.71×32 topics
  16. Pandemic111▲ 2.2×11 topics
  17. Public Health106▲ 1.58×51 topics
  18. Cognitive Impairment104▲ 9.0×11 topics
  19. Management96▲ 2.6×32 topics
  20. Diabetes92▲ 4.1×21 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders87▲ 3.3×19 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering84▲ 3.0×13 topics
  23. Anxiety83▲ 3.8×12 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance82▲ 3.9×10 topics
  25. Immune Response80▲ 3.0×22 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-279▲ 5.3×6 topics
  27. Clinical Trials79▲ 2.6×18 topics
  28. Diagnostic Criteria77▲ 7.5×10 topics
  29. Social Support76▲ 3.0×16 topics
  30. Drug Delivery74▲ 3.0×15 topics
  31. Mortality72▲ 2.7×13 topics
  32. Cancer Prevention71▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Stress71▲ 4.1×11 topics
  34. Prevention70▲ 3.7×16 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor69▲ 6.2×3 topics
  36. Pathophysiology69▲ 5.0×11 topics
  37. Pharmacokinetics61▲ 5.0×13 topics
  38. Thrombosis60▲ 4.7×7 topics
  39. Multiple Sclerosis48▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Neuromyelitis Optica48▲ 28×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Health and Well-being Studies.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…48Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 48 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…41COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 41 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …35Nutritional Studies and Diet: 35 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…33Health and Well-being Studies: 33 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 28 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 28 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering …22Bone Tissue Engineering Materials: 22 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 21 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 20 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 20 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 48 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 41 works
  3. 3 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 35 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 33 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 28 works
  6. 6 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 28 works
  7. 7 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 22 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 21 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 20 works
  10. 10 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 20 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 available68.9%not open31.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.