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Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

In research, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,292 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,543 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,827 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,932
of 28,054 · #10,921 all time
Rank in Iran
#134
of 301
Research works
1.8k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Rafsanjan 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 #4,292 of 11,982 11.9%303 #5401
Life SciencesDomain #3,543 of 7,800 15.4%91 #5212
MedicineField #4,827 of 10,443 12.6%240 #7928
Social SciencesDomain #8,811 of 10,521 13.6%74 #13166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rafsanjan 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#5,401 #4,292
  2. Life Sciences#5,212 #3,543
  3. Medicine#7,928 #4,827
  4. Social Sciences#13,166 #8,811
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 Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 27.9 works11×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.56× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.21× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 11.07× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 4.41× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.94× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mohsen Rezaeian, Abdollah Jafarzadeh and Mehdi Mahmoodi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Mohsen Rezaeian Iran · #19,810 worldwide 791 citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Abdollah Jafarzadeh Iran · #30,369 worldwide 351 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Mehdi Mahmoodi Iran · #163,953 worldwide 124 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Alireza Vakilian Iran · #521,895 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Reza Hajizadeh Iran · #586,091 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Gholamhossein Hassanshahi Iran · #606,459 worldwide 33 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Maryam Nemati Iran · #649,250 worldwide 48 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Iman Fatemi Iran · #750,920 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi Iran · #772,184 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Maryam Mohamadi Iran · #923,564 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Depression, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Mental Health, Social Support and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 2.6×89 topics
  2. Inflammation48▲ 4.5×74 topics
  3. Quality of Life40▲ 5.4×36 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress38▲ 4.5×52 topics
  5. Depression36▲ 7.9×17 topics
  6. Mental Health33▲ 4.3×23 topics
  7. Social Support24▲ 8.2×10 topics
  8. Cancer22▲ 3.2×39 topics
  9. Pandemic22▲ 4.0×8 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy22▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Stress21▲ 11×8 topics
  12. COVID-1919▲ 2.7×18 topics
  13. Antioxidant19▲ 5.3×40 topics
  14. Risk Factors18▲ 3.2×29 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.1×33 topics
  16. Elderly17▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 4.1×19 topics
  18. Nursing17▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Educational Achievement16▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Job Stress16▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Immune Response15▲ 5.2×14 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-214▲ 8.5×6 topics
  23. Anxiety13▲ 5.1×9 topics
  24. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.6×14 topics
  25. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 9.7×3 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance12▲ 5.0×10 topics
  27. Antioxidants11▲ 4.9×10 topics
  28. Global Burden10▲ 3.7×11 topics
  29. Diabetes10▲ 3.9×17 topics
  30. Immunity10▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.2×8 topics
  32. Anti-inflammatory9▲ 6.5×21 topics
  33. Thrombosis9▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Psychological Distress9▲ 7.1×5 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment9▲ 7.0×7 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 5.5×8 topics
  37. Clinical Characteristics9▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Cytokine Storm9▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Apoptosis8▲ 5.3×18 topics
  40. Cytokines8▲ 5.7×7 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Health and Well-being St…16Health and Well-being Studies: 16 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…9COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health6COVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 5 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 4 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksHeavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesNeurologyOrthodontics4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 16 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 5 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 4 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  8. 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  9. 9 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 4 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 available64.3%not open35.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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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.