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Islamic Azad University of Ahar

In research, Islamic Azad University of Ahar stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,188 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#5,427 of 11,412 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#15,263 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,225
of 28,054 · #13,898 all time
Rank in Iran
#224
of 301
Research works
811
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Islamic Azad University of Ahar known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,188 of 21,541 16.9%461
EngineeringField #5,427 of 11,412 20.2%218
Social SciencesDomain #15,263 of 16,945 16.7%135
Life SciencesDomain #12,995 of 14,347 11.9%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic Azad University of Ahar 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).

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: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.42× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.77× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Islamic Azad University of Ahar?

Ranked on the composite score, ‪Saeid Ghorbian and Behboud Jafari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic Azad University of Ahar.

  1. 1 ‪Saeid Ghorbian Iran · #1,477,241 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Behboud Jafari Iran · #1,624,017 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic Azad University of Ahar

Which keywords describe research at Islamic Azad University of Ahar?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Cancer, Wound Healing, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications11▲ 7.4×19 topics
  2. Drug Delivery7▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering7▲ 9.6×9 topics
  4. Cancer7▲ 4.3×14 topics
  5. Nanomaterials5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  6. Gene Expression5▲ 6.3×8 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 1.78×11 topics
  8. Nanocomposites4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  9. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.8×17 topics
  10. Regulation4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  11. Wound Healing4▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Biomaterials4▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Angiogenesis4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  15. Biogenesis4▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Diabetes4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. Growth Factors4▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Regeneration4▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Biomarkers3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  20. Macrophages3▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Chronic Wounds3▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Fibroblasts3▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Hydrogels3▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Cell Culture3▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Metastasis3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  26. Scaffold Design3▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Stimuli-Responsive Polymers3▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Toxicity3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Optimization3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  30. Therapeutics3▲ 20×2 topics
  31. MicroRNA3▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Targeting3▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  34. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Self-Assembly2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  36. Long Noncoding RNAs2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. RNA Regulation2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Heavy Metals2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  39. Zone of Proximal Development2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Antibacterial Agents2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Islamic Azad University of Ahar publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wound Healing and Treatments, Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications, MicroRNA in disease regulation and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Wound Healing and Treatments: 3 fractional worksHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications: 3 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…3MicroRNA in disease regulation: 3 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…2Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization: 2 fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 1 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorpti…1Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 1 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 1 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationMolecular MedicineCancer ResearchOrganic Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 3 works
  2. 2 Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Molecular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Organic Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Islamic Azad University of Ahar's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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.

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.