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North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

In research, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,541 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,690 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,522 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,426
of 28,054 · #13,463 all time
Rank in Iran
#145
of 301
Research works
1.1k
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is North Khorasan 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 #3,541 of 11,982 13.7%212 #6415
MedicineField #4,690 of 10,443 13.9%172 #8415
Life SciencesDomain #4,522 of 7,800 18.7%94 #7921

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Khorasan 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#6,415 #3,541
  2. Medicine#8,415 #4,690
  3. Life Sciences#7,921 #4,522
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.

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: 0.87× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.64× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.23× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.09× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.38× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.21× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 4.60× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.04× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Fatemeh Oroojalian, Arash Akaberi and Adeleh Sahebnasagh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Fatemeh Oroojalian Iran · #989,777 worldwide 36 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Arash Akaberi Iran · #1,300,085 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Adeleh Sahebnasagh Iran · #1,486,073 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Sonia Fathi‐karkan Iran · #1,492,904 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Antioxidant, Cancer, Depression, Inflammation, Drug Delivery and Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology47▲ 3.0×107 topics
  2. Quality of Life25▲ 4.3×33 topics
  3. Inflammation24▲ 2.9×69 topics
  4. Cancer23▲ 4.3×47 topics
  5. Antioxidant19▲ 6.9×41 topics
  6. Depression19▲ 5.3×17 topics
  7. Nanoparticles17▲ 3.4×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.6×48 topics
  9. Mental Health16▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications15▲ 3.2×25 topics
  11. Drug Delivery14▲ 6.4×12 topics
  12. Social Support13▲ 6.0×11 topics
  13. COVID-1912▲ 2.3×17 topics
  14. Pandemic12▲ 2.8×8 topics
  15. Stress12▲ 8.0×9 topics
  16. Treatment12▲ 2.3×34 topics
  17. Self-Efficacy11▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.5×33 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy11▲ 4.8×13 topics
  20. Diagnosis11▲ 3.0×27 topics
  21. Biomarkers10▲ 3.7×15 topics
  22. Immune Response9▲ 4.1×14 topics
  23. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 8.3×22 topics
  24. Clinical Trials9▲ 3.2×15 topics
  25. Metabolism8▲ 4.0×26 topics
  26. Tissue Engineering8▲ 3.4×12 topics
  27. Toxicity8▲ 4.8×14 topics
  28. Cancer Prevention8▲ 7.5×10 topics
  29. Elderly8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  30. Nursing8▲ 11×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-28▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Tumor Targeting7▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Educational Achievement7▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Job Stress7▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Cognitive Impairment7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  36. Psychological Impact7▲ 5.3×6 topics
  37. Diagnostic Criteria7▲ 7.4×8 topics
  38. Psychological Distress6▲ 6.3×4 topics
  39. Neuroprotective6▲ 10×10 topics
  40. Biogenesis6▲ 8.5×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Health and Well-being Studies: 7 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 5 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug …5Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health4COVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…3RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 3 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPathology and Forensic MedicineBiomaterialsCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 3 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% 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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