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Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

In research, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#654 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#966 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,194 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biomaterials — Biomaterials is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,648
of 28,054 · #3,592 all time
Rank in Iran
#19
of 301
Research works
6.9k
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Kermanshah 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 #654 of 11,982 17.3%989 #1725
MedicineField #966 of 10,443 16.8%828 #2217
Life SciencesDomain #1,194 of 7,800 21.3%408 #2342
Social SciencesDomain #2,424 of 10,521 25.7%218 #3663
Physical SciencesDomain #3,034 of 12,888 21.3%323 #4788
PsychologyField #668 of 2,181 26.3%123 #1590
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,295 of 3,579 19.7%214 #2582
Health ProfessionsField #718 of 1,928 23.3%89 #1692
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,050 of 2,175 20.3%117 #2152
Social SciencesField #3,553 of 6,365 32.5%60 #5609

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kermanshah 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#1,725 #654
  2. Medicine#2,217 #966
  3. Life Sciences#2,342 #1,194
  4. Social Sciences#3,663 #2,424
  5. Physical Sciences#4,788 #3,034
  6. Psychology#1,590 #668
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,582 #1,295
  8. Health Professions#1,692 #718
  9. Molecular Biology#2,152 #1,050
  10. Social Sciences#5,609 #3,553
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 Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biomaterials takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. BiomaterialsSubfield · 42.2 works5.1×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 214 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 61 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.38× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.74× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 78 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 79 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.78× its world share, 36 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.22× its world share, 828 worksMedicineNursing: 3.75× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 123 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Meghdad Pirsaheb, Behzad Karami Matin and Farid Najafi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Meghdad Pirsaheb Iran · #4,876 worldwide 2.8k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Behzad Karami Matin Iran · #5,260 worldwide 2.9k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Farid Najafi Iran · #7,461 worldwide 993 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Arash Ziapour Iran · #9,441 worldwide 670 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Hosein Farzaei Iran · #14,963 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Satar Rezaei Iran · #15,398 worldwide 3.2k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Farid Najafi Iran · #28,221 worldwide 1.9k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Shahab Rezaeian Iran · #35,753 worldwide 965 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Mehdi Moradinazar Iran · #44,075 worldwide 2.7k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Masoud Mohammadi Iran · #50,473 worldwide 134 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Antioxidant, Quality of Life 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. Epidemiology181▲ 2.4×126 topics
  2. Inflammation146▲ 3.6×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress107▲ 3.4×61 topics
  4. Cancer100▲ 3.8×58 topics
  5. Quality of Life97▲ 3.5×50 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease94▲ 4.4×37 topics
  7. Depression82▲ 4.8×23 topics
  8. Antioxidant77▲ 5.8×49 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome73▲ 4.7×23 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications72▲ 3.1×28 topics
  11. Mental Health68▲ 2.4×32 topics
  12. Nanoparticles60▲ 2.5×24 topics
  13. Drug Delivery60▲ 5.7×12 topics
  14. Tissue Engineering54▲ 4.6×11 topics
  15. Social Support51▲ 4.7×15 topics
  16. Public Health51▲ 1.80×46 topics
  17. Obesity49▲ 3.3×25 topics
  18. COVID-1948▲ 1.83×22 topics
  19. Nanomaterials47▲ 2.3×15 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance45▲ 5.1×10 topics
  21. Treatment45▲ 1.90×47 topics
  22. Risk Factors44▲ 2.1×34 topics
  23. Pandemic44▲ 2.1×9 topics
  24. Toxicity41▲ 4.9×18 topics
  25. Biomarkers41▲ 3.1×16 topics
  26. Health Effects39▲ 3.3×21 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy38▲ 3.5×20 topics
  28. Diabetes38▲ 4.0×22 topics
  29. Stress38▲ 5.2×10 topics
  30. Self-Efficacy37▲ 7.2×9 topics
  31. Regenerative Medicine37▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Anxiety37▲ 4.0×12 topics
  33. Anti-inflammatory34▲ 6.3×26 topics
  34. Apoptosis29▲ 4.9×22 topics
  35. Cancer Prevention28▲ 5.4×10 topics
  36. Pharmacokinetics27▲ 5.3×12 topics
  37. Nursing27▲ 7.4×7 topics
  38. Elderly27▲ 5.5×5 topics
  39. Educational Achievement22▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Job Stress22▲ 19×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Electrochemical sensors and biosensors and Sleep and related disorders.

Health and Well-being St…22Health and Well-being Studies: 22 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers i…17Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 17 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 13 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health12COVID-19 and Mental Health: 12 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 12 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…11COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 11 fractional worksElectrochemical Analysis and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 10 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyBiomaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringExperimental and Cognitive Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 22 works
  2. 2 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 17 works
  3. 3 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  4. 4 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 12 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 12 works
  6. 6 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 12 works
  7. 7 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
  9. 9 Electrochemical Analysis and Applications Electrochemistry 10 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 10 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.

199520002005201020152020
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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.