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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

In research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#306 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#425 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#504 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#981
of 28,054 · #1,965 all time
Rank in Iran
#10
of 301
Research works
18k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
253k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Mashhad 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 #306 of 11,982 14.4%2,811 #697
MedicineField #425 of 10,443 14.3%2,340 #887
Life SciencesDomain #504 of 7,800 21.4%1,174 #1018
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #390 of 3,579 21.3%651 #1111
Molecular BiologySubfield #260 of 2,175 22.9%373 #812
Health ProfessionsField #287 of 1,928 18.9%193 #477
Physical SciencesDomain #2,013 of 12,888 24.1%524 #3974
NursingField #46 of 213 17.8%81 #206
SurgerySubfield #433 of 1,816 10.7%287 #785
DentistryField #129 of 367 10.0%186 #366

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mashhad 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#697 #306
  2. Medicine#887 #425
  3. Life Sciences#1,018 #504
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,111 #390
  5. Molecular Biology#812 #260
  6. Health Professions#477 #287
  7. Physical Sciences#3,974 #2,013
  8. Nursing#206 #46
  9. Surgery#785 #433
  10. Dentistry#366 #129
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 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 53.5 works9.9×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 83.5 works9.0×
  3. DentistryField · 185.9 works8.0×
  4. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 38.6 works7.4×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 37.1 works5.7×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 651 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 121 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 146 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.70× its world share, 80 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 152 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 140 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.98× its world share, 186 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 193 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.54× its world share, 2,340 worksMedicineNursing: 3.43× its world share, 81 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.80× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 153 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Hadi Tehrani and Masumeh Saeidi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Hadi Tehrani · #44,028 worldwide 356 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Masumeh Saeidi · #51,084 worldwide 98 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei · #65,300 worldwide 366 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Negar Morovatdar · #101,007 worldwide 572 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Habib Yaribeygi · #128,215 worldwide 383 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Amin Reza Nikpoor · #139,407 worldwide 411 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Majid Darroudi · #139,412 worldwide 501 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Bibi Marjan Razavi · #151,561 worldwide 124 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Seyed Ahmad Emami · #152,388 worldwide 242 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Antioxidant, Oxidative Stress, Nanoparticles, Quality of Life and Anti-inflammatory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology492▲ 2.6×133 topics
  2. Inflammation380▲ 3.8×83 topics
  3. Cancer304▲ 4.7×58 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress268▲ 3.4×60 topics
  5. Antioxidant226▲ 6.9×48 topics
  6. Quality of Life202▲ 2.9×51 topics
  7. Nanoparticles201▲ 3.3×32 topics
  8. Depression159▲ 3.8×24 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease155▲ 2.9×38 topics
  10. Treatment144▲ 2.5×52 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications127▲ 2.2×33 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome125▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Clinical Trials122▲ 3.8×19 topics
  14. Diagnosis121▲ 2.7×41 topics
  15. Risk Factors119▲ 2.2×36 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory119▲ 8.9×28 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy113▲ 4.1×20 topics
  18. Drug Delivery110▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Obesity103▲ 2.8×28 topics
  20. Biomarkers101▲ 3.1×18 topics
  21. Immunotherapy93▲ 2.7×19 topics
  22. Diabetes92▲ 3.9×22 topics
  23. Toxicity91▲ 4.4×18 topics
  24. Metabolism89▲ 3.6×30 topics
  25. Immune Response88▲ 3.2×23 topics
  26. Antioxidant Activity86▲ 2.8×32 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance86▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Pharmacokinetics84▲ 6.6×13 topics
  29. Antioxidants83▲ 3.9×15 topics
  30. Neuroprotection82▲ 4.8×17 topics
  31. Pathogenesis82▲ 3.3×24 topics
  32. Metastasis72▲ 4.4×12 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants72▲ 3.8×16 topics
  34. Neuroprotective71▲ 9.8×12 topics
  35. Tumor Targeting71▲ 8.3×3 topics
  36. Apoptosis70▲ 4.8×22 topics
  37. Flavonoids69▲ 5.5×12 topics
  38. Angiogenesis68▲ 4.3×15 topics
  39. Biogenesis67▲ 7.9×3 topics
  40. Cancer Prevention63▲ 5.0×10 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, MicroRNA in disease regulation and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Advanced biosensing and …44Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 44 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug …40Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 40 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 34 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 32 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 32 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 30 fractional worksCurcumin's Biomedical Applications: 28 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…26Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 26 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 25 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 24 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiomaterialsCancer ResearchInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 44 works
  2. 2 Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryBiomaterials 40 works
  3. 3 MicroRNA in disease regulationCancer Research 34 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 32 works
  5. 5 Health and Well-being StudiesClinical Psychology 32 works
  6. 6 RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryMolecular Biology 30 works
  7. 7 Curcumin's Biomedical ApplicationsMolecular Medicine 28 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsBiomedical Engineering 26 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 25 works
  10. 10 Dental Radiography and ImagingOral Surgery 24 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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