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Materials and Energy Research Center

In research, Materials and Energy Research Center stands highest in Engineering (#4,088 of 5,901 worldwide), Materials Chemistry (#1,143 of 1,473 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,093 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Materials Chemistry (Mechanical Engineering is 7.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,551
of 22,385 · #15,363 all time
Rank in Iran
#168
of 208
Research works
2.2k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
50k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Materials and Energy Research Center

What is Materials and Energy Research Center 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 #4,088 of 5,901 5.6%193 #3334
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,143 of 1,473 6.1%64 #1502
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,093 of 1,319 5.2%64 #1131
Materials ScienceField #1,974 of 2,276 5.1%118 #1680
Physical SciencesDomain #9,389 of 10,670 6.6%395 #9134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Materials and Energy Research Center 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#3,334 #4,088
  2. Materials Chemistry#1,502 #1,143
  3. Mechanical Engineering#1,131 #1,093
  4. Materials Science#1,680 #1,974
  5. Physical Sciences#9,134 #9,389
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 Materials and Energy Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Materials and Energy Research Center is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Materials Science (27%), Chemistry (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 431 fractional works · 90.5% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 44.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 14.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 50 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 131 fractional works · 27.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 72 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 5.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterials andEnergy Research…477fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences1%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21044.2%
    2. Materials Science13127.4%
    3. Chemistry285.9%
    4. Environmental Science275.6%
    5. Energy245.0%
    6. Computer Science40.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    1. Medicine163.4%
    2. Dentistry92.0%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Health Professions10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology102.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    5. Psychology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Materials and Energy Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 69.6 works7.9×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 130.8 works7.9×
  3. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 71.8 works7.7×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.73× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.40× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.94× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.86× its world share, 131 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.03× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science7.86×131 works
  2. Energy5.40×24 works
  3. Dentistry4.03×9 works
  4. Chemistry3.73×28 works
  5. Engineering2.94×210 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.43×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.14×27 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×10 works
  10. Nursing0.37×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.28×3 works
  13. Medicine0.18×16 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×4 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.05×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materials and Energy Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Ehsan Ghasali, Mohammad Shahnawaz Nasir and Maziar Dehghan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materials and Energy Research Center.

  1. 1 Ehsan Ghasali Iran · #193,540 worldwide 5.4k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Shahnawaz Nasir Iran · #349,831 worldwide 1.1k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Maziar Dehghan Iran · #398,614 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Ali Mazahery Iran · #750,140 worldwide 3.3k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Mehdi Mazaheri Iran · #875,085 worldwide 2.7k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Farnaz Ghorbani Iran · #941,452 worldwide 2.5k citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Aidin Bordbar Khiabani Iran · #998,341 worldwide 2.4k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Ali Eftekhari Iran · #1,057,581 worldwide 12k citations · 192 works
  9. 9 Milad Tajik Jamal‐Abad Iran · #1,209,328 worldwide 958 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Ali Asghar Tofigh Iran · #1,356,202 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Materials and Energy Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Materials and Energy Research Center?

The most cited paper from Materials and Energy Research Center is "Photodegradation Performance of g-C 3 N 4 Fabricated by Directly Heating Melamine" (Shicheng Yan, Z. S. Li, Zhi Zou, 2009), with 2,785 citations. Next come "Photodegradation of Rhodamine B and Methyl Orange over Boron-Doped g-C 3 N 4 under Visible Light Irradiation" (1,669) and "Agarose-based biomaterials for tissue engineering" (687).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Photodegradation Performance of g-C 3 N 4 Fabricated by Directly Heating Melamine Shicheng Yan, Z. S. Li, Zhi Zou · Langmuir 16 Jul 2009 2,785
2 Photodegradation of Rhodamine B and Methyl Orange over Boron-Doped g-C 3 N 4 under Visible Light Irradiation Shicheng Yan, Z. S. Li, Zhi Zou · Langmuir 23 Feb 2010 1,669
3 Agarose-based biomaterials for tissue engineering Payam Zarrintaj, Saeed Manouchehri, Zahed Ahmadi et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers 31 Jan 2018 687
4 Exploring corrosion protection properties of solvent based epoxy-graphene oxide nanocomposite coatings on mild steel Sepideh Pourhashem, Mohammad Reza Vaezi, Alimorad Rashidi et al. · Corrosion Science 16 Nov 2016 596
5 Aging and osteoarthritis: Central role of the extracellular matrix Maryam Rahmati, Giovanna Nalesso, Ali Mobasheri et al. · Ageing Research Reviews Review 31 Jul 2017 585
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Materials and Energy Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Graphene, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Biomedical Applications, Energy Storage and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties65▲ 14×23 topics
  2. Microstructure50▲ 20×13 topics
  3. Nanoparticles38▲ 6.3×27 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications36▲ 6.4×24 topics
  5. Nanomaterials36▲ 7.2×15 topics
  6. Graphene36▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Energy Storage32▲ 10×9 topics
  8. Nanocomposites31▲ 8.2×17 topics
  9. Tissue Engineering31▲ 11×11 topics
  10. Sintering29▲ 48×4 topics
  11. Spark Plasma Sintering27▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Cathode Materials24▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries23▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Drug Delivery23▲ 8.8×14 topics
  15. Carbon Nanotubes20▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Oxidation Resistance20▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Biomaterials19▲ 16×7 topics
  18. Catalysis18▲ 5.8×19 topics
  19. Nanostructures18▲ 9.5×12 topics
  20. Processing Techniques17▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Bone Regeneration17▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Ceramic Materials17▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks16▲ 8.2×4 topics
  24. Angiogenesis16▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Nanostructured Materials16▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Composite Materials16▲ 16×7 topics
  27. Rechargeable Batteries15▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Cemented Carbides14▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Tungsten Carbide14▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Battery Technology14▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Battery Materials14▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Material Properties14▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Metal Matrix Composites14▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Nanostructured Anodes14▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Friction Stir Processing14▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Hydroxyapatite14▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Scaffolds14▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Two-Dimensional Materials14▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Aluminum Alloy13▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Reinforcement13▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Materials and Energy Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced materials and composites, Advancements in Battery Materials, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

Advanced materials and c…14Advanced materials and composites: 14 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …14Advancements in Battery Materials: 14 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering …14Bone Tissue Engineering Materials: 14 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composit…13Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 13 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 9 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…8Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 8 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Materials: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 7 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 7 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringCeramics and Composites4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 13 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  8. 8 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 7 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 7 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 available23.4%not open76.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Materials and Energy Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Materials and Energy Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Materials and Energy Research Center0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Materials and Energy Research Center 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Materials and Energy Research Center6.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2007.

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