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Shariati Hospital

In research, Shariati Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,590 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,799 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,825 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,848
of 28,054 · #13,207 all time
Rank in Iran
#180
of 301
Research works
1.9k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Shariati Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,590 of 10,443 13.5%316 #3590
Health SciencesDomain #4,799 of 11,982 13.5%331 #4859
Life SciencesDomain #4,825 of 7,800 16.9%62 #6434

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shariati Hospital 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. Medicine#3,590 #3,590
  2. Health Sciences#4,859 #4,799
  3. Life Sciences#6,434 #4,825
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 Shariati Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 55.3 works5.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 316 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shariati Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Fereydoun Davatchi, M. Akbarian and Mehdi Kardoust Parizi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shariati Hospital.

  1. 1 Fereydoun Davatchi Iran · #249,056 worldwide 74 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 M. Akbarian Iran · #1,197,368 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Mehdi Kardoust Parizi Iran · #1,234,605 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Mehdi Saberifiroozi Iran · #1,281,884 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 K Ali Moghadam Iran · #1,411,768 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Shariati Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Shariati Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Cancer, Treatment, Surgical Management and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 3.3×98 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 2.6×69 topics
  3. Cancer19▲ 3.5×43 topics
  4. Treatment18▲ 3.6×39 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.6×43 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 5.1×21 topics
  7. Immunotherapy17▲ 5.6×18 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.5×33 topics
  9. Diagnosis15▲ 3.8×31 topics
  10. Quality of Life13▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Chemotherapy13▲ 4.4×24 topics
  12. Obesity13▲ 4.1×21 topics
  13. Risk Factors12▲ 2.6×25 topics
  14. Surgical Management12▲ 7.0×19 topics
  15. Management12▲ 3.6×23 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance11▲ 5.9×9 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations11▲ 5.9×22 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors11▲ 5.9×14 topics
  19. Biomarkers10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  21. Complications9▲ 4.4×15 topics
  22. Clinical Trials9▲ 3.2×16 topics
  23. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.5×12 topics
  24. Pathophysiology9▲ 7.0×10 topics
  25. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.0×16 topics
  26. Biomechanics8▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Prognosis8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.3×13 topics
  30. Radiosurgery8▲ 20×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Infertility7▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Autoantibodies6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment6▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 5.7×3 topics
  36. Fertility6▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Molecular Classification6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Pregnancy6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  39. Regeneration5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  40. Mesenchymal Stem Cells5▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Shariati Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian function and disorders, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Meningioma and schwannoma management and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Ovarian function and dis…5Ovarian function and disorders: 5 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…4Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 3 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional works
Reproductive MedicineGeneticsEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shariati Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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