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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

In research, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,423 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,712 of 6,636 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,423 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research — Clinical Psychology is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,915
of 28,054 · #5,815 all time
Rank in Iran
#47
of 301
Research works
5.6k
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch 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 #2,423 of 12,888 15.7%683 #4088
EngineeringField #1,712 of 6,636 14.3%308 #2929
Health SciencesDomain #3,423 of 11,982 9.3%224 #7696
Social SciencesDomain #4,649 of 10,521 5.3%552 #6089
Life SciencesDomain #3,930 of 7,800 15.4%122 #7726
Computer ScienceField #3,006 of 4,667 20.0%118 #3758
Materials ScienceField #1,632 of 2,468 21.1%81 #3188
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,553 of 2,318 16.6%67 #2595
MedicineField #7,097 of 10,443 9.6%165 #13270
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,933 of 2,578 5.6%124 #2616

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch 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#4,088 #2,423
  2. Engineering#2,929 #1,712
  3. Health Sciences#7,696 #3,423
  4. Social Sciences#6,089 #4,649
  5. Life Sciences#7,726 #3,930
  6. Computer Science#3,758 #3,006
  7. Materials Science#3,188 #1,632
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,595 #1,553
  9. Medicine#13,270 #7,097
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#2,616 #1,933
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 Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 74.9 works4.5×
  2. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 28.3 works3.6×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.82× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 308 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.47× its world share, 81 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.43× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 43 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.89× its world share, 139 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 167 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch?

Ranked on the composite score, Ali Ahmadi Peyghan, Shiva Masoudi and Mohammad Ali Afshar Kazemi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch.

  1. 1 Ali Ahmadi Peyghan Iran · #138,756 worldwide 429 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Shiva Masoudi Iran · #316,662 worldwide 130 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Ali Afshar Kazemi Iran · #510,423 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 محمد علی آذربایجانی Iran · #619,233 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Saeed Dinarvand Iran · #640,612 worldwide 127 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Shahram Javadi Iran · #776,722 worldwide 55 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Hamid Marashi Iran · #801,016 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Mina Ramezani Iran · #836,035 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Homayon Ahmad Panahi Iran · #921,263 worldwide 109 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Ali Azarbayjani Iran · #970,390 worldwide 69 citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

Which keywords describe research at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Depression, Self-Efficacy, Social Support, Stress, Risk Management, Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Mental Health68▲ 3.0×34 topics
  2. Depression52▲ 3.8×19 topics
  3. Deep Learning50◆ 0.93×54 topics
  4. Sustainability48▲ 1.24×57 topics
  5. Machine Learning46◆ 0.88×63 topics
  6. Social Support41▲ 4.6×12 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications40▲ 2.2×28 topics
  8. Nanoparticles35▲ 1.77×31 topics
  9. Self-Efficacy35▲ 8.4×8 topics
  10. Nanomaterials35▲ 2.1×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life34▲ 1.51×32 topics
  12. Risk Management34▲ 4.5×13 topics
  13. Neural Networks33▲ 1.37×29 topics
  14. Stress33▲ 5.6×8 topics
  15. Drug Delivery32▲ 3.7×15 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management31▲ 2.1×21 topics
  17. Education30◆ 1.12×36 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering28▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Heat Transfer27▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Nanocomposites27▲ 2.1×15 topics
  21. Corporate Governance26▲ 2.2×18 topics
  22. Innovation25▲ 1.49×35 topics
  23. Leadership25▲ 3.3×17 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis24▲ 2.5×13 topics
  25. Coping Strategies22▲ 5.6×7 topics
  26. Graphene22▲ 2.0×9 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation22▲ 4.5×7 topics
  28. Elderly20▲ 5.1×4 topics
  29. Nursing20▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Toxicity20▲ 2.9×15 topics
  31. Nanostructures19▲ 3.0×12 topics
  32. Well-being19▲ 3.1×13 topics
  33. Resilience18▲ 2.4×12 topics
  34. Two-Dimensional Materials18▲ 4.9×4 topics
  35. Educational Achievement18▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Job Stress18▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Experimental Investigation16▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Psychological Distress16▲ 3.9×5 topics
  39. Performance Analysis14▲ 4.2×3 topics
  40. Adolescent Development12▲ 6.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Health and Well-being St…18Health and Well-being Studies: 18 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 9 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksBoron and Carbon Nanomat…8Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research: 8 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomateria…8Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 8 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 8 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 7 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyAccountingBiomedical EngineeringSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 18 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  3. 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research Materials Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  8. 8 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  10. 10 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 7 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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