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Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran

In research, Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,591 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,591 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,774 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 15.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,397
of 28,054 · #8,756 all time
Rank in Iran
#55
of 301
Research works
2.9k
▲ 189% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran 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 #1,591 of 11,982 13.4%666 #4200
MedicineField #1,591 of 10,443 13.9%530 #4963
Life SciencesDomain #1,774 of 7,800 18.1%330 #4477
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,672 of 3,579 18.9%181 #4241
Physical SciencesDomain #6,729 of 12,888 15.6%146 #12321
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,281 of 2,175 19.9%102 #3313
Social SciencesDomain #6,271 of 10,521 10.6%105 #11998
DentistryField #280 of 367 11.1%69 #650

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran 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#4,200 #1,591
  2. Medicine#4,963 #1,591
  3. Life Sciences#4,477 #1,774
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,241 #1,672
  5. Physical Sciences#12,321 #6,729
  6. Molecular Biology#3,313 #1,281
  7. Social Sciences#11,998 #6,271
  8. Dentistry#650 #280
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 Medical Branch of Tehran specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 21.3 works15×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 29.9 works12×
  3. DentistryField · 68.5 works11×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 32.1 works5.9×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.72× its world share, 181 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.46× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.37× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 11.32× its world share, 68 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.21× its world share, 530 worksMedicineNursing: 3.07× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mojtaba Falahati, Majid Sharifi and Mohammad Sahebalzamani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran.

  1. 1 Mojtaba Falahati Iran · #545,956 worldwide 104 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Majid Sharifi Iran · #686,926 worldwide 91 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Mohammad Sahebalzamani Iran · #795,104 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Mehrdad Hashemi Iran · #995,259 worldwide 66 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Koorosh Shahpasand Iran · #1,065,028 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Sareh Farhadi Iran · #1,175,631 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Noushin Nabavi Iran · #1,328,843 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Afshin Taheriazam Iran · #1,353,160 worldwide 26 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Maliheh Entezari Iran · #1,530,115 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hossein Fahimi Iran · #1,531,852 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran

Which keywords describe research at Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Wound Healing, Antioxidant 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. Epidemiology111▲ 2.2×125 topics
  2. Inflammation92▲ 3.5×80 topics
  3. Cancer82▲ 4.9×56 topics
  4. Quality of Life64▲ 3.5×43 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress63▲ 3.1×58 topics
  6. Nanoparticles46▲ 2.9×27 topics
  7. Depression43▲ 3.9×23 topics
  8. Antioxidant41▲ 4.8×45 topics
  9. Mental Health36▲ 1.95×32 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications35▲ 2.4×31 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease35▲ 2.5×35 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 3.3×23 topics
  13. Wound Healing33▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Treatment32▲ 2.1×47 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy31▲ 4.3×20 topics
  16. Drug Delivery31▲ 4.5×14 topics
  17. Biomarkers30▲ 3.5×15 topics
  18. Clinical Trials30▲ 3.5×19 topics
  19. Stress27▲ 5.9×10 topics
  20. Biogenesis27▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Regulation27▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Antioxidant Activity26▲ 3.3×27 topics
  23. Gene Expression25▲ 3.2×16 topics
  24. Social Support24▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Immune Response22▲ 3.1×22 topics
  26. Diabetes21▲ 3.5×21 topics
  27. Metastasis20▲ 4.7×12 topics
  28. Self-Efficacy20▲ 6.0×9 topics
  29. Immunity19▲ 3.8×10 topics
  30. Elderly18▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Pharmacokinetics18▲ 5.5×12 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-218▲ 4.4×6 topics
  33. Apoptosis18▲ 4.7×21 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine18▲ 5.6×6 topics
  35. Cell Proliferation16▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Bone Regeneration14▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Educational Achievement14▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Job Stress14▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Neurological Effects14▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Low-Level Laser Therapy13▲ 43×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine, MicroRNA in disease regulation and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Health and Well-being St…14Health and Well-being Studies: 14 fractional worksLaser Applications in De…13Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 13 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 13 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 11 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 10 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 9 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…8Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 8 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer ResearchOrthodontics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 14 works
  2. 2 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  3. 3 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 13 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 11 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 10 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 9 works
  7. 7 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 9 works
  8. 8 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 8 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  10. 10 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 189% 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.