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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

In research, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#123 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#255 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#87 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Orthodontics and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#796
of 28,054 · #1,726 all time
Rank in Iran
#4
of 301
Research works
27k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
346k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Shahid Beheshti 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 #123 of 11,982 13.3%4,559 #419
MedicineField #255 of 10,443 13.0%3,844 #631
Health ProfessionsField #87 of 1,928 16.3%331 #320
DentistryField #18 of 367 10.7%268 #59
Life SciencesDomain #462 of 7,800 16.3%1,408 #1081
NursingField #14 of 213 19.9%105 #153
SurgerySubfield #186 of 1,816 11.5%488 #541
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #474 of 3,579 16.7%800 #1211
Molecular BiologySubfield #356 of 2,175 17.3%431 #1036
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #157 of 828 15.6%258 #354

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shahid Beheshti 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#419 #123
  2. Medicine#631 #255
  3. Health Professions#320 #87
  4. Dentistry#59 #18
  5. Life Sciences#1,081 #462
  6. Nursing#153 #14
  7. Surgery#541 #186
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,211 #474
  9. Molecular Biology#1,036 #356
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#354 #157
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 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences specialise in?

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

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 136.1 works9.9×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 62.9 works7.8×
  3. DentistryField · 268.0 works7.8×
  4. UrologySubfield · 60.3 works7.0×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 50.9 works5.2×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 144 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 800 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 169 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 230 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.60× its world share, 65 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 68 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 184 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 130 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 110 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.75× its world share, 268 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 331 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 3,844 worksMedicineNursing: 3.00× its world share, 105 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 289 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Hamid Ahmadieh, Saeed Safari and Ali‐Asghar Kolahi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 Hamid Ahmadieh Iran · #4,865 worldwide 2.1k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Saeed Safari Iran · #6,584 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Ali‐Asghar Kolahi Iran · #9,284 worldwide 1k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Iran · #9,422 worldwide 1k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Siamak Sabour Iran · #11,327 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Afshin Zarghi Iran · #28,014 worldwide 431 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Saeed Asgary Iran · #41,711 worldwide 435 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi Iran · #42,278 worldwide 669 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Maryam Gholamalizadeh Iran · #49,533 worldwide 450 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Mohammad Javad Nasiri Iran · #71,028 worldwide 257 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology808▲ 2.9×135 topics
  2. Inflammation508▲ 3.4×83 topics
  3. Cancer367▲ 3.8×57 topics
  4. Quality of Life319▲ 3.1×54 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress292▲ 2.5×61 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease289▲ 3.6×39 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome252▲ 4.3×23 topics
  8. Treatment227▲ 2.6×51 topics
  9. Diagnosis212▲ 3.2×41 topics
  10. Depression203▲ 3.2×24 topics
  11. Risk Factors198▲ 2.5×36 topics
  12. Obesity190▲ 3.5×26 topics
  13. COVID-19189▲ 1.94×27 topics
  14. Pandemic171▲ 2.2×11 topics
  15. Mental Health166▲ 1.59×41 topics
  16. Management161▲ 2.9×31 topics
  17. Public Health159▲ 1.53×56 topics
  18. Biomarkers154▲ 3.1×18 topics
  19. Clinical Trials139▲ 2.9×19 topics
  20. Diabetes136▲ 3.9×21 topics
  21. Immune Response134▲ 3.3×23 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance133▲ 4.1×10 topics
  23. Antioxidant131▲ 2.7×50 topics
  24. Wound Healing125▲ 6.7×12 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders123▲ 3.0×20 topics
  26. Chemotherapy118▲ 2.4×25 topics
  27. Pathogenesis116▲ 3.2×24 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-2115▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. Biogenesis114▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Tissue Engineering112▲ 2.6×13 topics
  31. Drug Delivery108▲ 2.8×15 topics
  32. Prevention104▲ 3.5×16 topics
  33. Complications104▲ 2.9×17 topics
  34. Metastasis103▲ 4.2×12 topics
  35. Anxiety102▲ 3.0×12 topics
  36. Pathophysiology100▲ 4.7×11 topics
  37. ACE2 Receptor98▲ 5.6×3 topics
  38. Thrombosis92▲ 4.7×7 topics
  39. Cognitive Impairment88▲ 4.9×11 topics
  40. Regenerative Medicine83▲ 4.6×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments and Health and Well-being Studies.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…58COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 58 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…54MicroRNA in disease regulation: 54 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 42 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 41 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 41 fractional worksLaser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 39 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 37 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…36Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 36 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 36 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 33 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesCancer ResearchOral SurgeryClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 58 works
  2. 2 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 54 works
  3. 3 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 42 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 41 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 41 works
  6. 6 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 39 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 37 works
  8. 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 36 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 36 works
  10. 10 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 33 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 available62.1%not open37.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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