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Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht

In research, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht stands highest in Engineering (#4,003 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,621 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,437 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#13,269
of 22,385 · #21,869 all time
Rank in Iran
#144
of 208
Research works
1.5k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht 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
EngineeringField #4,003 of 5,901 12.1%91 #5058
Physical SciencesDomain #9,621 of 10,670 11.3%184 #16356
Social SciencesDomain #9,437 of 9,585 3.3%74 #14631

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht 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. Engineering#5,058 #4,003
  2. Physical Sciences#16,356 #9,621
  3. Social Sciences#14,631 #9,437
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 Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Psychology (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 196 fractional works · 54.1% of its workEngineering: 98 fractional works · 27.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 83 fractional works · 23.0% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 10.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKIslamic AzadUniversity,…362fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences23%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9827.1%
    2. Environmental Science308.3%
    3. Materials Science185.0%
    4. Chemistry164.5%
    5. Computer Science102.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy82.1%
    7. Energy61.6%
    8. Mathematics41.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.8%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    1. Psychology3910.7%
    2. Social Sciences246.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting82.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.9%
    1. Medicine359.5%
    2. Health Professions72.0%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology184.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences133.7%
    3. Neuroscience61.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.17× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.88× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.50× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.50×39 works
  2. Chemistry2.88×16 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.17×3 works
  4. Engineering1.81×98 works
  5. Energy1.74×6 works
  6. Environmental Science1.67×30 works
  7. Materials Science1.44×18 works
  8. Nursing1.08×2 works
  9. Mathematics0.98×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.98×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.97×6 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.94×8 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×18 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×14 works
  16. Health Professions0.75×7 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×5 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×8 works
  19. Social Sciences0.53×24 works
  20. Medicine0.50×35 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.40×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×2 works
  23. Computer Science0.37×10 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.25×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht?

Ranked on the quality score, Behrouz Karami, Reza Bazargan Lari and Davood Shahsavari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht.

  1. 1 Behrouz Karami Iran · #744,193 worldwide 4.6k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Reza Bazargan Lari Iran · #969,485 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Davood Shahsavari Iran · #1,250,518 worldwide 2.7k citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Reza Salehizadeh Iran · #1,536,218 worldwide 666 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Bahman Bahmani-Firouzi Iran · #1,629,662 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Hossain Nemati Iran · #1,684,158 worldwide 1.4k citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Maziar Janghorban Iran · #2,067,744 worldwide 3.2k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Moein Nabipour Iran · #2,270,230 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Ali Esfandiarian Iran · #2,376,714 worldwide 739 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Amin Keshavarzi Iran · #2,520,416 worldwide 435 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht

What are the most cited papers from Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht?

The most cited paper from Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht is "Optimal sizing of battery energy storage for micro-grid operation management using a new improved bat algorithm" (Bahman Bahmani-Firouzi, Rasoul Azizipanah‐Abarghooee, 2013), with 409 citations. Next come "A modified shuffle frog leaping algorithm for multi-objective optimal power flow" (335) and "Kinetic Modeling to Explain the Release of Medicine from Drug Delivery Systems" (313).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Optimal sizing of battery energy storage for micro-grid operation management using a new improved bat algorithm Bahman Bahmani-Firouzi, Rasoul Azizipanah‐Abarghooee · International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 21 Nov 2013 409
2 A modified shuffle frog leaping algorithm for multi-objective optimal power flow Taher Niknam, Mohammad Rasoul Narimani, Masoud Jabbari et al. · Energy 17 Oct 2011 335
3 Kinetic Modeling to Explain the Release of Medicine from Drug Delivery Systems Mahshid Askarizadeh, Nadia Esfandiari, Bizhan Honarvar et al. · ChemBioEng Reviews 10 Oct 2023 313
4 A novel quasi-3D hyperbolic theory for free vibration of FG plates with porosities resting on Winkler/Pasternak/Kerr foundation Davood Shahsavari, Maryam Shahsavari, Li Li et al. · Aerospace Science and Technology 8 Nov 2017 307
5 An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment Sylwester Drożdżal, Jakub Rosik, Kacper Lechowicz et al. · Drug Resistance Updates Open access Dec 2021 294
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Climate Change, Heat Transfer, Global Warming, Coping Strategies and Social Support.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy20▲ 3.8×20 topics
  2. Climate Change19▲ 1.90×23 topics
  3. Mental Health16▲ 3.2×17 topics
  4. Depression12▲ 3.7×15 topics
  5. Heat Transfer10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  6. Emotion Regulation10▲ 8.6×8 topics
  7. Social Support10▲ 5.1×8 topics
  8. Nanoparticles10▲ 2.1×21 topics
  9. Global Warming10▲ 6.2×6 topics
  10. Coping Strategies8▲ 9.1×7 topics
  11. Optimization8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  12. Stress8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  13. Resilience8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  14. Self-Efficacy8▲ 8.4×8 topics
  15. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 6.6×5 topics
  16. Parenting7▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Psychopathology7▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Water Resources7▲ 8.1×3 topics
  19. Catalysis7▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Leadership7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Smart Grid6▲ 4.8×4 topics
  22. Nanofluids6▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Porous Media6▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Surfactants6▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Monitoring6▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Distributed Generation5▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Energy Management5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  28. Drought5▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Evapotranspiration5▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Hydrological5▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Indices5▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Demand Response5▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Electricity Markets5▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Pressure Drop5▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Adolescent Development5▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Decentralized Control5▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Fluid Flow5▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Pore-scale Modeling5▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Smart Grid Applications5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. X-ray Computed Tomography5▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Smart Grid Energy Management, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Heat Transfer and Optimization.

  1. 1 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 4 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 3 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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 Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht0.0014% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht 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 2025Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2013.

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