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Regional Information Center for Science and Technology

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World rank, all time
#17,944
of 34,923
Rank in Iran
#138
of 234
Research works
247
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Regional Information Center for Science and Technology

Which fields of science does Regional Information Center for Science and Technology work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Regional Information Center for Science and Technology is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 46.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 21.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 14.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 32.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRegionalInformation…65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences32%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1421.0%
    2. Computer Science914.5%
    3. Environmental Science22.7%
    4. Chemistry11.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    6. Materials Science11.5%
    7. Energy11.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    9. Mathematics11.1%
    1. Social Sciences710.2%
    2. Decision Sciences58.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities46.0%
    4. Psychology23.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting23.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Medicine812.1%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.55× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences8.55×5 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.08×4 works
  3. Computer Science1.86×9 works
  4. Energy1.48×1 works
  5. Engineering1.40×14 works
  6. Psychology1.19×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.99×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.93×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.80×7 works
  11. Dentistry0.76×0 works
  12. Nursing0.73×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.69×1 works
  16. Medicine0.63×8 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.54×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.51×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.42×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.37×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Regional Information Center for Science and Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, Ali Gazni, Bahareh Pahlevanzadeh and Farshid Danesh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regional Information Center for Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Ali Gazni Iran · #1,283,119 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Bahareh Pahlevanzadeh Iran · #2,165,160 worldwide 337 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Farshid Danesh Iran · #3,588,225 worldwide 235 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Marzieh Goltaji Iran · #4,144,184 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Mohammad Reza Falahati Qadimi Fumani Iran · #4,170,972 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jafar Mehrad Iran · #4,303,257 worldwide 127 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Reza Ghane Iran · #4,419,396 worldwide 232 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Sayyed Ahang Kowsar Iran · #4,730,726 worldwide 222 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Somayeh Ghavidel Iran · #5,011,291 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Regional Information Center for Science and Technology

What are the most cited papers from Regional Information Center for Science and Technology?

The most cited paper from Regional Information Center for Science and Technology is "Mapping world scientific collaboration: Authors, institutions, and countries" (Ali Gazni, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Fereshteh Didegah, 2011), with 459 citations. Next come "Investigating different types of research collaboration and citation impact: a case study of Harvard University’s publications" (218) and "Laboratory investigation of the effect of cyclic wetting and drying on the behaviour of an expansive soil" (174).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping world scientific collaboration: Authors, institutions, and countries Ali Gazni, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Fereshteh Didegah · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 31 Oct 2011 459
2 Investigating different types of research collaboration and citation impact: a case study of Harvard University’s publications Ali Gazni, Fereshteh Didegah · Scientometrics 24 Jan 2011 218
3 Laboratory investigation of the effect of cyclic wetting and drying on the behaviour of an expansive soil Ali R. Estabragh, B. Parsaei, Akbar A. Javadi · SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS Open access 19 Mar 2015 174
4 Nanotechnology Advances in the Detection and Treatment of Cancer: An Overview Sareh Mosleh-Shirazi, Milad Abbasi, Mohammad reza Moaddeli et al. · Nanotheranostics Open access 2022 149
5 Chemical composition, antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of T agetes minuta and O cimum basilicum essential oils Mohsen Taheri Shirazi, Hamid Reza Gholami, Gholamreza Kavoosi et al. · Food Science & Nutrition Open access 16 Jan 2014 146
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Regional Information Center for Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Interdisciplinary Research, Bibliometric Analysis, Research Evaluation, Smart Grid, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Text Mining and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning4▲ 2.1×20 topics
  2. Interdisciplinary Research4▲ 62×2 topics
  3. Bibliometric Analysis4▲ 98×1 topic
  4. Research Evaluation4▲ 224×1 topic
  5. Deep Learning3▲ 1.52×19 topics
  6. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  7. Education3▲ 2.3×5 topics
  8. Social Media2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  9. Sustainability2▲ 1.58×12 topics
  10. Big Data2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  11. Epidemiology2◆ 0.92×14 topics
  12. Smart Grid2▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Social Network Analysis2▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Educational Technology2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  15. Text Mining2▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Social Networks2▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Neural Networks2▲ 1.73×7 topics
  18. COVID-192▲ 1.79×8 topics
  19. Nanoparticles2▲ 1.85×9 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  21. Distributed Generation1▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Localization1▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Power Electronics1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  24. Simulation1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  25. Technology Integration1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  26. Digital Humanities1▲ 138×1 topic
  27. Ethics1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  28. Literary History1▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Information Retrieval1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  30. Modeling1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  31. Telemedicine1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Electric Vehicles1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  33. Human Resource Management1▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  35. Smart Grids1▲ 43×3 topics
  36. Guanxi1▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Medical Students1▲ 131×1 topic
  38. Ophthalmoscopy1▲ 131×1 topic
  39. Topic Modeling1▲ 10.0×2 topics
  40. Wasta1▲ 72×1 topic

Which research topics does Regional Information Center for Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Socioeconomic Development in MENA and Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research.

scientometrics and bibli…4scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 4 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…1Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…1Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 1 fractional worksCompetitive and Knowledge Intelligence: 1 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 1 fractional worksPower Systems Fault Detection: 1 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 4 works
  2. 2 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  3. 3 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  5. 5 Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 1 works
  7. 7 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Power Systems Fault Detection Control and Systems Engineering 1 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Regional Information Center for Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Regional Information Center for Science and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Regional Information Center for Science and Technology0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Regional Information Center for Science and Technology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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